Prepositional Pronouns
Prepositional Pronouns
After a preposition, most Spanish pronouns quietly become a different set of words than the subject pronouns you started with — with one pair of exceptions that combine with 'con' into single fused words.
Grammar Comparison
Grammar Comparison
Most subject pronouns switch after a preposition
para mí (for me), de ti (from you) — mí and ti instead of yo and tú
for me, from you — 'me' and 'you' stay the same words used everywhere else
After most prepositions (para, de, a, con), Spanish uses a special pronoun set that mostly matches the subject pronouns except for yo → mí and tú → ti. English doesn't make this swap — its object pronoun form (me, you) is reused after prepositions the same way it's used as a direct object, with no separate 'after a preposition' set to learn.
Conmigo and contigo: fused, irregular exceptions
conmigo (with me), contigo (with you) — not 'con mí' or 'con ti'
with me, with you — 'with' plus the pronoun, completely regularly
Con (with) breaks its own pattern for exactly two pronouns: instead of con mí and con ti, Spanish fuses them into single irregular words, conmigo and contigo. Every other combination of con with a pronoun follows the regular rule from the note above — these two are simply memorized exceptions.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
- English
- for me
- English
- from you
- English
- to him
- English
- from her
- English
- with us
- English
- without them
- English
- with me
- English
- with you
- English
- near me
- English
- between you and me