Prepositions

The prepositions in general terms are going to be used to join ideas or sentences into a specific context without mattering the grammar tense in which they are, it will be enough the fact to make common sense ,although we will have to be really careful with their meaning  since it will depend on their context where they are applied. The prepositions are the following.

Prepositions

• In (dentro de)
• On (sobre de / algo que toca una superficie)
• Under (debajo de)
• Over (sobre de / algo que no toca la superficie)
• With (con)
• Without (sin)
• To (a/para)
• By (por / voz pasiva)
• For (para por)
• At (en / un destino como tal)
• Opposite (opuesto a)
• Between (Entre dos)
• Among (entre varios)
• Before (antes de)
• After (después de)
• Against (contra)
• Since (desde / fechas)
• Of (de / pertenencia o propiedad)
• From (de / procedencia)
• About (acerca de /sobre de)
• Near (cerca de)
• Behind (detrás de)
• Next to (próximo a /a lado de)
• Beside (junto de)
• In front of (enfrente de)
• On the corner of (en la esquina de)
• Inside (dentro de)
• Outside (fuera de)
• Through (atravez de)
• Along (a lo largo de)
• Towards (hacia)
• Till (hasta)

Examples

• We are in the house
• There are several things on that table
• The mechanic is under the car fixing it
• The airplane flies over the city very high
• I will go with all my family to the beach
• John can’t live without Mary
• I go to the school everyday in the morning      
• This book was written by him
• They bought some flowers for their mother
• He works at that restaurant in the downtown
• Hidalgo is between Cuauhtémoc and Juarez streets
• We are having the party among  friends
• You must finish your homework before you go to play
• Everything was better after they went away
• They are against us because we didn’t help them
• They have been living there since 1990
• We study in the University of California
• Where are you from?
• Tell us about your family please
• I there a restroom near here?
• Charley is behind sandy in the class
• The bank is next to library
• The cathedral is beside the central park
• The central park is in front of the cathedral
• The government place is on the corner of Allende and Hidalgo streets