Grammar: Prepositions: 'de' Flashcards
2) Origin:
Usually accompanied by ‘ser’
1) Possession
El gato de Jess.
3) Substance and Material composition:
‘Houses made of wood’
‘Las casas de madera’
4) Time:
Indicates specific hours:
‘A las diez de la noche’
5) Function or state or condition:
De: as, like [como]
…de niño: …as a child
…se vistió de: …dressed like a
6) Location:
Substitutes for preposition ‘on’:
‘La tienda de la esquina’
‘The store on the corner’
7) Cause:
After an adjective, ‘de’ expresses cause of an action or state of being:
‘Morir de hambre’
‘Dying of hunger’
8) Physical use:
What something is actually used for:
‘Taza de café’
9) Physical characteristics:
‘La chica de los ojos verdes’
‘The girl with the green eyes’
10.1) Passive voice construction:
Use ‘de’ when agent is a person and action deals with strong emotion:
‘Fue temido de la gente’
‘Was feared by the people’
10.2) Verbs often used in passive voice construction:
Acompañar
Preceder
Rodear
Seguir
11) Estar:
Lots of expressions beginning with ‘de’ follow ‘estar’
12.1) Substitute for ‘si’ in if-then statements:
‘De’ is followed by an infinitive
12.2) Substitution for ‘si’ can be in any tense:
De verte otra vez…
If I see you again…
If I were to see you again…
