CLUES 50* SPANISH - 50 STEPS

SINOPSIS

This book has not been written to compete either with school-textbooks, neither with SPANISH GRAMMAR books of 500 or 800 pages, aimed at University students and teachers.

This is a work directed to students and/or teachers of Primary and Secondary schools who wish to have compiled in 1 volume the numerous RULES and EXCEPTIONS - concerning Morphology and Syntax - which are "scattered" along the more than eighty lessons that may include studies of Primary and Secondary courses.

Due to the book format and number of pages this GRAMMAR provides EASY handling.

The structure and summary tables will be EASY to understand and memorize.

Because of its 40 pages about "Special Difficulties", and its 33 models of IRREGULAR verbs, you had wished to have been able to consult it long ago.

Its "INDEX" General “50 CLUES” and Alphabetical will make searching EASY.

The INDEX entitled “50 STEPS” is for structuring the teaching in 50 progressive steps from minor to greater difficulty.

The information given in the ANNEX about SPAIN will be also very useful for you all.

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PREPOSITIONS

PREPOSITIONS are - an invariable part in the sentence – which we use to JOIN two words.

The first word may be a noun, an adjective, a verb, a pronoun, an adverb or even an interjection.

The second word will be a NOUN, e.g.:- She is WITH James.

Or a PRONOUN:- She is WITH me.

*A ()**	TO	I go TO Salamanca = Voy A Salamanca.
A	AT	AT eight o’clock = A LAS 8 en punto
A	ON	We go ON foot = Vamos A píe.
ANTE	In the presence of	the queen = ANTE la reina.
CON	WITH	Me - you - him= CONmigo -CONtigo- CON él
CONTRA	AGAINST	Wars = CONTRA las guerras.
*DE ()**	OF	my grandmother = DE mi abuela.
DE	WITH	They shook WITH fear= Temblaban DE miedo
DESDE	FROM	Spain = DE(sde) España.
EN	IN	Valladolid = EN Valladolid.
EN	AT	school = EN la escuela
EN	IN	the box = EN la caja.
EN	ON	the table = EN la mesa.
EN	BY	car – train – bus – boat – plane = EN tren …
EN	IN	August – 2008 – summer = EN verano 2008
EN	AT	Christmas – Easter = EN Navidad – S. Santa
ENTRE	BETWEEN	you and me = ENTRE tú y yo.
ENTRE	AMONG(st)	many people = ENTRE mucha gente.
HACIA	TOWARDS	the north of Spain= HACIA el norte de España
HASTA	TILL –UNTIL	8 o’clock = HASTA las ocho en punto.
HASTA	AS FAR AS	that town = HASTA esa población.
PARA	FOR	my friends = PARA mis amigos.
POR	FOR – BY	me - you - him / Mary= POR mí - tí - él / María
POR	IN	the morning - afternoon = POR la mañana …
POR	AT	night = POR la noche.
POR	BY	She is BY he river = Ella está POR el río.
POR	THROUGH	She went through the park = Ella fue POR el...
POR	ACCROSS	country = POR el campo.
SIN	WITHOUT	water and food = SIN agua ni comida.
SOBRE	ON	the table = SOBRE la mesa.
ACERCA DE	ABOUT	Wild Life = ACERCA de la vida salvaje.
TRAS	AFTER	my godmother = (DE)TRAS (de) mi abuela.
ADEMÁS (de)	BESIDES	that = ADEMÁS de eso.
EN VEZ DE	INSTEAD OF	this = EN VEZ de ésto.
DEBAJO (de)	UNDER	the table = DEBAJO de la mesa.

(*) NOTE that the Spanish Prepositions A & DE have the elided forms AL & DEL if the precede Masculine Definite ARTICLE is SINGULAR = el.