English. Preposition

Question	Answer
Vivo en Málaga con unos amigos desde septiembre	I live in Malaga with some friends since September
A preposition generally, but not always, goes before its noun or pronoun. However, the preposition sometimes links the verb with its object. In this case the verb goes before the preposition and the meaning can change	to look = mirar
Mírame	Look at me
Cuídame	Look after me
If the verb goes after the preposition we have to add –ING, that’s the gerund form	theory
Por favor, recógeme antes de ir a la playa	Please, pick me up before going to the beach
Generally, prepositions go before the noun that they go with	bakery = panadería
La panadería está detrás de la escuela	The bakery is behind the school
But there are exceptions where the preposition goes at the end of the sentence	With the relative pronoun, when it is followed by a preposition, this can go at the end of the sentence
La chica con la que estaba viviendo	The girl I was living with // The girl with whom I was living
With interrogative sentences that start with an interrogative pronoun	laptop = portátil
¿Para quién es este ordenador portátil?	Who is this laptop for? // For whom is this laptop?
Prepositions that go with the relative ‘that’	annoys me = me molesta
El tema del que estáis hablando me molesta	The topic that you are talking about annoys me
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PAST	telling the time // ten past six (6:10)
to / till / until	marking the beginning and end of a period of time // from Monday to/till Friday
till / until	in the sense of how long something is going to last // He is on holiday until Friday
by	in the sense of at the latest up to a certain time // I will be back by 6 o’clock By 11 o'clock, I had read five pages
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Vivo en Málaga con unos amigos desde septiembre

I live in Malaga with some friends since September

A preposition generally, but not always, goes before its noun or pronoun. However, the preposition sometimes links the verb with its object. In this case the verb goes before the preposition and the meaning can change

to look = mirar

Mírame

Look at me

Cuídame

Look after me

If the verb goes after the preposition we have to add –ING, that’s the gerund form

theory

Por favor, recógeme antes de ir a la playa

Please, pick me up before going to the beach

Generally, prepositions go before the noun that they go with

bakery = panadería

La panadería está detrás de la escuela