Preposition Rules

Question 1

Por

Answer 1

By/through

Question 2

De

Answer 2

• Commonly used to express possession/nationality/subject/cause
• Used to express what something is made of or time at which something is caused

Question 3

A

Answer 3

• To
• used when direct object of a verb is a animal/person or something personified
• used to introduce an indirect object, express time, give order, indicate manner and motion
• shows emphasis on command “a comer = go eat” “a pied = by foot”

Question 4

En

Answer 4

• In/on/at and is used to indicate location and time
• used to indicate how people get to other places
• not used with specific hours or days of week (use a Los for time and el for on Saturday)