Prepositions
are words of relationships, meaning that they are indicating
which the relationship is between the objects. I write
a letter with a pen.
I do this in my break.
He is in the garden.
To get started we'll have a look at some of the most
important ones. The whole bunch you'll find in chapter
12.
Hablo con él.
Escribo la carta con el bolígrafo.
Tomo un café con leche.
Tú puedes hablar con él.
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I
speak with him.
I write a letter with a pen.
I take a coffee with milk.
You can talk with him. |
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Estoy
en
la ciudad.
El bolígrafo está
en
la caja.
Los cigarillos están
en
el cenicero. |
I
am in the
city.
The pen is in
the box.
The cigarettes are in
the ashtray. |
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| mientras
= while (conjunction, a connection between two pars
of sentence) |
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Mientras
ella come, él escribe una carta.
Ella lee un libro, mientras
él tiene que escribir
una carta.
Mientras
las muchachas hablan, los muchachos
trabajan. |
While
she eats he writes a letter.
She reads a book while
he has to write a letter.
While
the girls talk the boys work.
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