Prepositional Pronouns

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Prepositional Pronouns
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• So what are prepositional pronouns? Theyre
  pronouns that follow prepositions.
• Unfortunately, these days the next question is
  What are prepositions? You shouldnt reach
  college without knowing what prepositions are.
• Unfortunately, many of you have.

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• Prepositions are words that show the relationship
  between other words.
• The boy with the gorgeous smile is my brother.
• With shows the relationship between boy and
  smile.
• He lives in Alaska.
• In shows the relationship between lives and
  Alaska.

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• In English, prepositions are usually, but not
  always, short words
• of from
• to at
• in near
• for under
• over with
• BUT
• between beneath
• during before
• beside inside
• outside

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• A large number of Spanish prepositions have de
  with them
• después de--after antes de--before
• debajo de--under cerca de--near
• al lado de--beside dentro de--inside
• fuera de--outside
• entrebetween conwith
• enin, at, on sobreon, about
• defrom duranteduring
• ato porfor, by
• para--for

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• In English, direct object pronouns (d.o.),
  indirect object pronouns (i.o.), and
  prepositional pronouns (p.p.) are all the same
• me us
• you yall
• him,her,it them
• d.o. i.o
  p.p.
• Juan sees me./Juan gave me the rose./Juan lives
  near me.

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• In Spanish, however, there are three different
  sets
• direct indirect
• me nos me nos
• te os te os
• lo, la los, las le les
• prepositional
• mí nosotros
• ti vosotros
• él, ella, Ud. ellos, Uds.

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• Lets look at those again
• prepositional
• nosotros
• vosotros
• él, ella, Ud. ellos, Uds.
• They look a little familiar. Thats because,
  with the exception of mí and ti, theyre
  identical to SUBJECT pronouns
• nosotros
• vosotros
• él, ella, Ud. ellos, Uds.

mí
ti
yo
tú
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• Mí probably also looks a little familiar.
  Thats because youve had mi. Remember what it
  means? Mymi casa. So the accent mark is
  important. It makes the difference between a
  prepositional PRONOUN (mí) and a possessive
  ADJECTIVE (mi).

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• Lets see what these pronouns look like in
  context
• Juan habla con ella.
• Yo compré un libro para ti.
• Elisa vive cerca de mí.
• Esa carta es de nosotros.

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• So its simple. Whenever you have a preposition
  and need a pronoun after it, use one of these
• prepositional
• mí nosotros
• ti vosotros
• él, ella, Ud. ellos, Uds.

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• prepositional subject
• mí nosotros yo nosotros
• ti vosotros tú vosotros
• él, ella, Ud. ellos, Uds. él, ella, Ud. ellos,
  Uds.
• direct object indirect object
• me nos me nos
• te os te os
• lo, la los, las le les
• reflexive possessive
  ADJECTIVES
• me nos mi nuestro
• te os tu vuestro
• se se su su

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• Below are links to other pronoun lessons
• Direct objects
• Indirect objects
• Reflexive
• Subject
• Possessive ADJECTIVES