Spanish prepositional pronouns
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Prepositional pronouns (pronombres preposicionales) always follow prepositions, such as de (of), para (to, for) or con (with).
Example:
Singular prepositional pronoun | English translation | Example |
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mí* | me | Para mí te está mintiendo. (In my opinion, he is lying to you.) |
ti | you | A ti no te cae bien Carmen. (You do not like Carmen.) |
usted | form. you | Según usted, tendríamos que modificar nuestro plan financiero. (According to you, we should change our financial plan.) |
él | him, masc. it | Dejó su país por él. (She left her country because of him.) |
ella | her, fem. it | Salvo ella, salimos todos esta noche. (Except for her, we are all going out tonight.) |
sí* | yourself, himself, herself, itself | Trajo su maleta consigo. (He brought his suitcase with him.) |
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* Mí and sí carry the accent mark.
The pronoun sí is used instead of él, ella, ellos or ellas when the subject and object are the same person.
Example:
No puede hacer frente por sí solo a las necesidades de la población. (He cannot cope with people's necessities by himself.)
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Unlike singular form, plural prepositional pronouns have a masculine and a feminine form.
Masculine form | Feminine | English translation | |
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nosotros | nosotras | us | |
Plural prepositional pronouns | vosotros | vosotras | you |
ustedes | ustedes | form. you | |
ellos | ellas | them |
Examples:
Spanish preposition | English preposition | Example |
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a | to | Le toca a ella. (It is her turn.) |
ante | before, in the presence of | Estaba ante mí. (He was in front of me.) |
de | of, from | Paco recibió una carta de ella. (Paco received a letter from her.) |
con | with | ¿Quieres venir a la playa con nosotras? (Do you want to go to the beach with us?) |
entre | between | Hay un acuerdo oficial entre vosotros. (There is a formal agreement between you.) |
excepto | except | Nadie los tomará en serio, excepto ellos mismos. (Nadie will take them seriously, except for themselves.) |
hacía | towards | Una furgoneta venía a toda velocidad hacía mí. (A van was coming towards me at full speed.) |
incluso | including, even | Todo el mundo me ha engañado, incluso tú. (Everybody has tricked me, even you.) |
menos | except | Se fueron todos, menos ella. (They all went away except her.) |
para | for | Este ramo de rosas es para ti. (This bouquet of roses is for you.) |
por | for | Nuria dejó España por él. (Nuria left Spain for him.) |
salvo | except | Salvo nosotros, toda la clase sacó una mala nota. (Except for us, the whole class got a bad mark.) |
según | according to | Según ella, la mujer de Rafael se ha quedado embarazada. (According to her, Rafael's wife has got pregnant.) |
sin | without | No puedes irte sin mí. (You cannot go away without me.) |
Prepositional pronouns replace the noun that comes immediately after the preposition.
Example:
Anyway, the following prepositions have some exceptions in their use:
When used with a, prepositional pronouns have the following uses:
emphasizing the direct object
Example:
A mí no me importa que se haya ido de España. (I do not care if he left Spain.)
making clear who the direct object or indirect object is
Example:
- Lo dijo a ella. (He said it to her.)
- Le gusta a él. (He likes her.)
When used with con, the pronouns mí, ti and sí appear in the following forms:
Con + prepositional pronoun | English translation | |
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mí | conmigo | with me |
ti | contigo | with you |
sí | consigo | with you(form.) with him(self) with her(self) with them(selves) |
Examples:
The preposition de (which indicates possession) cannot be used with mí and ti.
This type of construction is replaced by the correspondant possessive adjectives (mi, tu).
Example:
The subject pronouns yo and tú are used instead of mí and ti with the following prepositions:
Preposition | English translation | Example |
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entre | between | Entre tú y yo, no me gusta el nuevo jefe. (Between you and me, I do not like the new boss.) |
excepto | except | Toda la clase asistió al evento, excepto tú. (The whole class attended the event, except you.) |
incluso | including | Se fueron todos, incluso yo. (Everybody went away, even I.) |
menos | except | Todos trabajan en Gante menos yo. (Everybody works in Ghent, except I.) |
salvo | except | Salvo tú, todos los chicos del barrio asisten a la misma universidad. (Except you, all the blokes in the district attend the same university.) |
según | according to | Según yo, Fernando está enamorado de Ana María. (According to me, Fernando is in love with Ana María.) |
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