Tips to Know Which Spanish Preposition to Use

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Muy bien muchas gracias

[@MsSugarlam]

very good examples!! muchas gracias!!

[@thearkuhtekt]

This is a great lesson.

[@jimmychafins]

Love these

[@poladelarosa8399]

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[@sabrinashea198]

Esta lección fue muy útil. Mil gracias. Y gracias por todo lo que haces con tus vídeos. Un abrazo enorme. ❤

[@arisable5113]

Thanks Paul

[@marykarklin8166]

Thanks for the help I needed to catch up on my Spanish sinince I'm going back to school to 5th grade thank you

[@panchovilla5400]

In saying why is there an "a" is very closely like asking why is there a "to" when you say: Empezamos a llorar=We started to cry.

[@waynesgrid49]

Great one!

[@edwardmoran1739]

I knew all the voy a stuff but the rest I really did not know. Thanks, hope I can remember this.

[@alexeaton]

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[@QrooSpanish]

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[@tanyasmith3289]

Me ayudaste mucho tambien siempre muy clara y corriente..

[@francoiseroberts3542]

Apprendre à parler français Soy de France 🇫🇷great teacher 😄🌷

[@Svensk7119]

I also look at atendir and asistir as related!

[@danstokes]

Top vid, thanks 😀

[@QrooSpanish]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@ZhivagoDoctor]

please do more videos about spanish prepositions

[@QrooSpanish]

Will do. :)

[@jimpetersen5449]

Hi Paul. I love this video and having a system to know which verbs use which prepositions. One question. In the sentence, “Juan se dedica a enseñar a niños a tocar el piano,” isn’t a “les” (enseñarles”) needed as “niños” is the indirect object. Juan is teaching “to play the piano” to the niños. I really appreciate your videos. They are very well thought out, concise and useful. Jim

[@QrooSpanish]

Hi Jim. Niños is the indirect object but the redundant LES is not needed here. It might help to put the phrase "se dedica a enseñar" in quotes in Google so you can see examples from Spanish speaking sites. I took the liberty of doing it for you. Check it out: tinyurl.com/yc384fnc

[@jimpetersen5449]

Paul, Thank you. I did and understand it better. I learned Spanish back in 1970, and somewhere I remember the indirect object always needs the redundant “le.” However, I see now that is not the case. I hope you have a wonderful day.

[@lmcperson]

You are a G.O.A.T (greatest of all t) when it comes to teaching Spanish!!! Thanks!!!

[@QrooSpanish]

Wow, thanks!

[@spanishwithrobyn]

Hey Paul. I love your videos. Any chance you can do them slower or part of them slower so that I can take notes?

[@anneli1735]

🤔 Maybe you want to get used to setting your velocity of playing your yt videos to your needs and pause for taking notes?

[@philshallat9043]

Ay caramba guëy! That’s one hefty lesson! I was going to tackle two lessons today but this one tuckered me out. Good lesson. Thanks!

[@jamesfreese4700]

Really good video with excellent content!!!!

[@QrooSpanish]

Much appreciated!

[@RTWest-kn5fr]

Well thought out and valuable lesson presentation. Not easy to pick out or know why even if you live among Spanish speakers. Gracias por tu video. RT sends, Puebla, México.

[@QrooSpanish]

Thank you! 😃

[@josedelnegro46]

You gave me a new view of close, come close, and a fence. Cierre la puerta. Acercate a mi. Contruir una valla (una cerca) circular. The translations of circle are an Euclidea clausura. The first redtion was helpful. The second rendtion is masterful thanks.

[@QrooSpanish]

Happy to help.

[@helenbarry-cotter8685]

Gracias Paul, por supuesto he aprendida más en mi viaje de español.

[@Raferga]

Hi Paul, just in case you are interested. In spanish "Venir a infinitive" has got another meaning apart from the literal one (movement sense). With verbs such as "decir", "sugerir", "dejar caer" (hint) it is ambiguous semantically . Take this sentence for example "Vino a decirme que estaba interesado en la compra". Without a context it can mean two things: 1) He came to tell me he was interested in the purchase. 2) Subtext (Although he did not say it explicitly) I understood he was interested in the purchase. 1st rate lessons! Keep up the good work!

[@QrooSpanish]

Thanks for sharing that. That would be a great video. :)

[@mikedenham5882]

I actually thought you were AI or something when I first started watching, you’re so good at this!

[@QrooSpanish]

Wow, thank you very much.

[@RelationshipDoc]

Very helpful. I love how your lessons are so practical for actually speaking and using Spanish.

[@MissFlint4U]

Always the BEST lessons. Thank you so much for regularly giving us the most helpful info. Can't thank you enough.

[@QrooSpanish]

My pleasure!

[@gg13308]

Este video es perfecto, gracias por todo. Excelente!!!🎉

[@QrooSpanish]

Gracias. Me alegra que te gustara. Un saludo. :)

[@Husam.dheisat]

Sobrevivir a: To survive Ejemplo: Después del accidente, logré sobrevivir a pesar de las lesiones. (After the accident, I managed to survive despite the injuries.) Enseñar a + infinitivo: To teach someone to do something Ejemplo: Mi madre me enseñó a cocinar cuando era joven. (My mother taught me to cook when I was young.) Aprender a + infinitivo: To learn to do something Ejemplo: Estoy aprendiendo a tocar la guitarra. (I am learning to play the guitar.) Ponerse a + infinitivo: To begin doing something Ejemplo: Me puse a estudiar tan pronto como llegué a casa. (I began studying as soon as I got home.) Volver a + infinitivo: To do something again Ejemplo: Después de mucho tiempo, decidí volver a visitar ese lugar. (After a long time, I decided to visit that place again.) Acercarse a: To get closer Ejemplo: Decidieron acercarse al escenario para ver mejor el concierto. (They decided to get closer to the stage to see the concert better.) Acostumbrarse a: To get used to Ejemplo: Tomó tiempo, pero al final me acostumbré a la nueva rutina. (It took time, but in the end, I got used to the new routine.) Asistir a: To attend something Ejemplo: Mañana asistiré a la conferencia sobre tecnología. (Tomorrow, I will attend the technology conference.) Dedicarse a: To dedicate oneself to Ejemplo: Después de la universidad, se dedicó a la investigación científica. (After college, he dedicated himself to scientific research.) Parecerse a: To look like Ejemplo: La niña se parece mucho a su abuela. (The girl looks a lot like her grandmother.) Limitarse a: To limit oneself to Ejemplo: En lugar de complicarse, prefirió limitarse a lo básico. (Instead of complicating things, he preferred to limit himself to the basics.) Abstenerse de: To abstain from Ejemplo: Decidieron abstenerse de votar en esa cuestión controvertida. (They decided to abstain from voting on that controversial issue.) Abusar de: To abuse Ejemplo: Es importante no abusar del poder que se nos confía. (It's important not to abuse the power entrusted to us.) Quejarse de: To complain about Ejemplo: Siempre parece que se queja de su trabajo, pero nunca hace nada al respecto. (He always seems to complain about his job, but he never does anything about it.) Consistir en: To consist of Ejemplo: La tarea consiste en completar los ejercicios de matemáticas. (The task consists of completing the math exercises.) Amenazar con: To threaten with Ejemplo: El ladrón lo amenazó con un cuchillo. (The thief threatened him with a knife.)

[@lynnwinston381]

Your tips r really helpful! Tambien, por favor, sigue usando ese bigote😊!

[@QrooSpanish]

Jaja, gracias.

[@nerissathieler7780]

Disfruté este video! Excelente!😊

[@QrooSpanish]

Me alegra que te gustara.

[@greadore]

Very good and informative video. Muchas gracias!

[@aaroncarey7209]

Thanks for the great videos! I think you have figured out a great method of teaching Spanish! Im going in order, but occasionally will watch a random one like this. youve taught me, and cleared up some things that i hadnt learned on Duolingo in my 107 day streak. im liking all your videos as im going, and i subscribed. ill buy you a cup of coffee soon! Have a good weekend!

[@QrooSpanish]

Thanks! I'm glad you are finding the videos useful. I had to learn Spanish on my own as an adult so I know how challenging it can be.

[@taylorriccelli4062]

Thanks for the lesson. Very useful

[@QrooSpanish]

You are welcome!

[@jc9291]

¡Gracías por este magnífico vídeo!

[@getsugatenshou1879]

wow ive been learning spanish for a year now and you are the only one who explained this very clear. thank you!

[@QrooSpanish]

Happy to help!

[@woodsy424]

The preposition "a" has been the bane of my Spanish studies for the last 8 years. Thank you so much for this video. I'll be watching it again and again.

[@janiceferguson344]

Un buen leccion ! Gracias desde Janice de Ontario Canada.🎉

[@rosedecastro4951]

This is exactly what i am looking for, gracias Qroo Paul ❤

[@QrooSpanish]

You're welcome 😊

[@ldk1970]

I'b be interested in knowing when/why you abandoned your wordlist! I still kind of half-ass it, but i read a lot in Spanish and think maybe repeated exposure is good too.

[@QrooSpanish]

After about 5 years of studying/speaking the language, I stopped making notes of words. If I heard something new that I liked, I just started working it in to my Spanish.

[@ldk1970]

@@QrooSpanish that's about where I'm at now. Thanks and I hugely appreciate your videos!

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Quiero aprender a hablar español.

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¡Estás en buena forma!Cuando te pusiste a hacer ejercicios o ir al gimnasio?

[@MissFlint4U]

After studying Spanish on my own for so many years and knowing so much vocabulary, but yet to feel like I know so little when I try to form a correct sentence or understand a native... Your videos are FINALLY bringing it all together for me seamlessly.😢

[@QrooSpanish]

That's great to hear!

[@ritamurphy4944]

So I have a question when do you use para ti o por ti???

[@Xiaoandkevin]

Hola!

[@sorchamurphy7955]

Me encantó este video! Lleno de información y pistas! Voy a volver a mirarlo a menudo 😉

[@QrooSpanish]

Me alegra que te guste. :)

[@Joanneeisle8458]

In the examples, did you mean empezar + a + inf / comenzar + a + inf with ponerse + a + inf ?

[@QrooSpanish]

Yes.

[@AuntieKay]

Im hearing you suggest in adding these words to your word list. When did you begin suggesting this? Ive never heard you say that and I’m curious how far I should go back.

[@QrooSpanish]

I often suggest that people keep a list of useful words and phrases to study by. What you choose to include on the lost depends on what you consider useful.

[@RoadyPacking-CyclingAdventures]

!una idea para ti! Would you do a lesson speaking only in spanish? But with the examples in spanish/english like you do now? Might be cool!! People might be surprised how much they follow/don't follow and could brush up with your other 'in english' lessons..... food for thought. Saludos mi amigo!

[@MishaPiano12]

Thank you. Is there a difference in El ladrón me amenazó con un cuchillo and El ladrón amenazóme con un cuchillo?

[@MishaPiano12]

Nvm just learned in ur other vid. Pronoun goes before the verb unless it's infinitive !!! Lol thanks

[@joksal9108]

The key is that whatever preposition you use it will be wrong, so just use para, por, a etc randomly.

[@robertemmett906]

😂

[@mrs.godfrey1714]

Hello, is it possible to say, "Juan se dedica a ensenar a los ninos para tocar el piano?

[@melissa8139]

Thanks so much for the videos! I’d love to see a future video on tips for how to organize my study habits (like how you set up your vocabulary notebooks, how much time to devote to different avenues of study, etc). I feel like I’m chasing whatever “language rabbit” pops up on my radar and not getting enough forward momentum! Help!:) TIA!😊

[@janetw.5706]

Hey Paul. I’m watching this video while standing in a LONG line (already one hour) at Guayaquil airport, just to pay a $20 tax of some sort. Am traveling around Ecuador for seven weeks this summer and am now heading to the Galápagos Islands. I seem able to communicate my needs and understand better than last year in Colombia but I’m well aware that I’m not speaking correctly, grammar-wise. Your videos are so helpful. I’ll have to watch this one again when I’m somewhere that I can take notes. Thanks for your help in making me able to travel solo in South America and converse with people along the way. ~ Janet

[@QrooSpanish]

An hour in line? That's sounds terrible. Have fun on your trip. Apart from the current line situation, I'm envious. :)

[@oksanahuzar6519]

I agree that learning its patterns makes acquiring a language easier and then expanding it to the next level using new vocabulary. Thank you for your work, Paul!

[@trissalopez7265]

HI PAUL - would love to see a copy of how you make and use your word list - thank you! Loving your channel.

[@a.reallymcrealperson256]

I have a question. Is del + infinitive used similar to al + infinitive? Like could you say "del empezar..." to mean "from the beginning..."

[@QrooSpanish]

Unfortunately, no.

[@thomasakase]

"Atender" feels more like the English "tend" not "attend"

[@QrooSpanish]

That's a good way to look at it.

[@shizueberkeley]

My native language is Japanese and I am a senior. I love listening and learning Spanish with this guy and Chat GPT. Thank you Paul. I admire your commitment to teach Spanish people around the would. 3:30

[@QrooSpanish]

Thanks for watching. I appreciate it. :)

[@joycewycoff3061]

Would love to know how you're incorporating ChatGPT into your studies.

[@parneypots]

Relatively new to your channel and a recent subscriber. I’ve heard you reference your word lists when you were learning Would love to see an example of some …if you still have any

[@kentmasashimizu5463]

Hola Paul, Tengo una pregunta. De vez en cuando escucho el uso de la preposición “a” usado asi en esta frase: “Le voy a comprar un carro a mi novia” Español no es mi primer idioma y esta construcción me suena raro. Could you explain why “a” is used instead of “para” here? Thanks! I love your videos, I am really learning a lot.

[@QrooSpanish]

"Le voy a comprar un carro a mi novia” can be a confusing construction because it can have two meanings: I'm going to buy my girlfriend a car. I'm going to buy a car from my girlfriend. To be clearer, you can say: Voy a comprar un carro para mi novia. In Spanish, the LE normally means "to someone, something" but sometimes it can mean from, like in that second example. But that wasn't your question. The reason it is A mi novia is because she is affected by buying the car. It is like a gift that you give TO someone. This video may clear it up: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZTWgWawfddpr5I

[@kentmasashimizu5463]

Thank you! I will check it out.

[@jeffreyzachary4624]

Good stuff as always, Paul. The redundant le, the personal a, the preposition a, de, con, and the frustrating se, which pops up everywhere are all difficult to learn. And although I can speak a lot of spanish, it is so hard for me to understand when someone speaks spanish back to me.

[@drewhigginbotham3773]

Hey Qroo. Why is it "Puedo hacerte una pregunta" but not the verb preguntar?

[@kcorpora1]

In spanish they think it is redundant to use "preguntar una pregunta" together. So they use "hacer" to make you a question. "puedo hacerte una pregunta?" can I make you a question?

[@tvinht1]

Hi Paul! Big thanks for this lesson! I’ve been waiting for this one as I was always confused why some infinitives would have the “a” before and others didn’t. Huge a-ha! to learn it’s actually the word before the “a” and not the one after. I’ve been following your channel since the beginning of the year and happy to see it growing quickly. Your videos are awesome and have really helped me to speak with more confidence. I love learning your “formulas” along with the grammar rules. You break everything down into such simple and easy to understand concepts. Please keep sharing your great content and regular uploads! I look forward to all your videos - my favorite are the videos where you teach us how to say common phrases or expressions or the situational ones like going to the market.

[@QrooSpanish]

Thank you for the feedback and for the great video topic idea. :)

[@CleonaPattersoneFluentEnglish]

Saqué mi cuaderno y me ponía emocionada al compilar una lista de verbos + preposiciones.😉 Gracias Qroo Paul.👍

[@QrooSpanish]

¡Qué bueno! :)

[@calvinburr1248]

Hi, thanks for another great lesson. I'm not clear about the verb 'atender' ....does it get paired with the preposition 'a'? I tried putting a few examples into DeepL. Some of the examples used 'a', and some didn't. Or it came back with another verb such as 'ocuparse',

[@QrooSpanish]

Sometimes it is paired with a and sometimes it is not. When we are talking about attending to people, the "a" can be interpreted as a personal a. When attending to matters, you sometimes see the a. Personally, I don't use this for attending to things, I prefer ocuparse de.

[@isaacandmary]

Thanks Paul. These types of lessons are most helpful to those already fluent in Spanish, and are looking to smooth out a few rough edges.

[@user-vn6uc8bu6z]

Wasn't this posted yesterday or did I have a vision it would be @_@

[@QrooSpanish]

That video had typos in key areas so I had to fix it.

[@melvayaredaguilar]

scary situations

[@truestory923]

a fully packed lesson Paul. Gracias. How would you say that🖕 in Spanish? Un leccion muy lleno ? esa fue una lección completa ? And, I'd love to learn how to refer to people when out and about. Like, in this video you used "tipo" for guy... But at a store the other day in México, I used that and the salesperson referred back to me with el Chico... And then my friend said I should have called him more formally if he worked at the store or something. I was confused because we just have "guy" or girl in English

[@QrooSpanish]

Did you call him tipo when you greeted him? Walk me through it. :)

[@shizueberkeley]

Can I say that: QrooPaul se dedica a enseñar a gentes a español. ????

[@QrooSpanish]

Hello. la gente is a singular concept in Spanish. You could actually just leave the term out altogether and say Qroo Paul se dedica a enseñar español. Thanks for watching. Take care.

[@shizueberkeley]

Gracias por la corrección.

[@hellscream4354]

Why the reupload?

[@Joookerasny]

was about to ask aswell 😅

[@QrooSpanish]

Numerous typos in the original.

[@redmatter20]

Paul, estoy soprendido que tú no tengas más seguidores! Me ayudaste mucho con que no esta en libros Españoles. Yo tratá hablando con mi amigo nativo, pero fue incomodo. Tienes algún para esta problema? Normalmente Él me habla en Ingles y es raro para nosotros. Como podemos hacer la transicion para ser más comodos

[@matthias4037]

Big thumbs up. My native language is German but there is still a lot in your videos that I can apply for my spanish learning. Not knowing which preposition to use really hinders my progress right now. Thank you for your videos.

[@QrooSpanish]

Judging by your comments, your English is great!

[@josedelnegro46]

Which is your favorite Grimms tale? I consider them to be the key stones of thinking, bring, and thus acting with the least contradiction and the highest dégrées of réalité.

[@QrooSpanish]

Hansel and Gretel. I would say that I am more of a Hans Christian Anderson fan. My father was Danish and was an orphan near the German border in 1944.

[@josedelnegro46]

@@QrooSpanish I had to take Germany in a Summer in sermester. I had no choice because the old Germán script was my goal. As you know I bug the hell out of instructors. I showed up for my office hour every friday...never late. Las Latinas in the class and the German teacher, who I also would beg to read to me in French, said I was in love with the teacher and that is why I had to have an office hour with her. A math teacher next to her would knock on her door when she did show up for our hour together to come in and stand over me glaring to ask are you alright? Finally nearly 500 Dollars into the whole thing she told me "I had two weeks of that old script 20 years ago. I have not seen it every again. I can not figure out how you read it nor why one would want to read It.". I told her 'German does not taste the same in the Latinic Script.". She was shocked "Taste!' she Saïd. We never met in private again. Here is your autor written in German to my taste. German will change your English in ways no one speaks of but everyone knows if. Ausgewählte Märchen, Hans Christian Andersen. play.google.com/store/books/details?id=t_8VAAAAYAAJ

[@anneli1735]

@@josedelnegro46German mother tongue here: Whatever your mother tongue is first of all get ready to be really fluent in German for being able and getting used to reading German books. Until this point you’ll be forced to do it in latin letters as already by order of 1941 the use of old German script (Sütterlinschrift, Kurrentschrift) had been changed to latin. Therefore there’s nothing available on the market anymore to learn German otherwise. After you might be lucky to find some old books printed before that date on flea markets in Germany to read. The German population born after WW II wouldn’t be able to read (not to speak of writing!) those books anymore. Myself still had the opportunity to learn the old German script voluntarily at school in the mid sixties growing up with old books available at home to practice reading. I chose to learn for being able to read my heritage like old family letters and books. Don’t know what’s on your mind now 🤷‍♀️

[@ksmith2852]

This is really clumsy approach and it would have never worked when I was learning Spanish. Better to just Google perifrases verbales Spanish. Then read something like Selectiones and see how many you can find used in context.

[@paintingandlife4288]

Everyone learns different. I listen to a bunch of people and what sticks, sticks.

[@cumwotmayinat]

Great video thank you. I would take issue eith the sentence that suggests beef is unhealthy though haha. Its the most nutritious thing you can eat!

[@jackbussy3133]

If someday you learn French you’ll be surprised to see that we use the « a » and « de » exactly in the same manner with 95% of the verbs.

[@anneli1735]

@jackbussy3133 that’s most interesting! Now I get why I don’t feel much difficulties with learning such things in Spanish 🤷‍♀️ As a non-native English nor French speaker (German mother tongue) way back then half a century ago at school I took some classes for about 3 years learning the basics of the French language but without practicing after school lost the ability of speaking. Nevertheless it’s still sitting in the back of my mind partly saying “hello” when starting with Spanish some years ago. I never thought about the similarities between French and Spanish while sounding so different. Thanks for opening my eyes !

[@jackbussy3133]

@@anneli1735 They're very similar. The more I study Spanish, the more I realize that. Much closer than italian ! In my study group where I am the only Frenchman, I feel guilty because I understand many idioms because they just are the litteral translation.

[@pauls.9954]

Thanks!

[@QrooSpanish]

Thank you again, Paul!

[@crudeoilgarage3570]

Thanks!

[@QrooSpanish]

Thank you!