Pronombres Preposicionales

When one needs to use a pronoun after a preposition, these are what one uses:

mí nosotros
ti vosotros
él, ella, Ud. ellos, ellas, Uds.

As you can see, they are mostly like the subject pronouns, which were the first ones you learned in Spanish I, with the exception of mí (instead of “yo”) and ti (instead of “tú”).

Remember what a preposition is? The shortest ones in Spanish are the following:

a en de por para con

There are also longer ones. Here are a few of them:

cerca de near to encima de on top of en frente de facing
lejos de far from debajo de under junto a next to
al lado de to the side of sobre over entre between
delante de in front of fuera de outside según according to
detrás de behind dentro de inside excepto except

There are a couple of things to remember about them:

1. With the preposition con, there are two special forms: conmigo (with me) and contigo (with you)

2. After the prepositions entre, excepto, and según (according to), use yo and tú instead of mí and tí.


Try it (traduzca):

1. Is this for you (tú) or for him?


2. The car is in front of it (el garaje).


3. They are leaving with us.


4. Everyone knows except you (tú).


5. Are the books under the desk (escritorio) or on top of it?


6. Are you going with me?


7. Yes, I’m going with you (tú).


8. Is the card from you all (Uds.)?


9. (Just) between you (tú) and I, I don’t believe it.


10. The dog is close to her and far from you (tú).


11. There is a cloud (una nube) over you all (vosotros).


12. Our house is facing it (el parque).


13. We are behind them (los parientes) in the photo.


14. Is the bike (la motocicleta) next to the trees or between them?


15. Is the snake (la culebra) in the box (la caja) or outside of it?