Spanish Prepositional Pronouns ~ Pronombres en función de complemento con preposición

Spanish prepositional pronouns are used after prepositions, logically enough, often in order to emphasize the noun they replace, and are thus a sort of subcategory of the disjunctive or stressed pronouns found in other languages.

There are 12 forms of prepositional pronouns in Spanish:

Singular			Plural
me	mí		us	nosotros
you	ti		you	vosotros
him, it	él		them	ellos
her, it	ella		them	ellas
you	Ud.		you	Uds.
it	ello
oneself	sí

Most of the above probably look familiar, since the third person singular and all of the plurals are identical to Spanish subject pronouns. The new pronouns are mí, ti, and ello. Mí and ti are pretty easy - they are simply the prepositional form of the first and second singular pronoun. Take a look at these examples.

As you can see, it's pretty simple - you just use the prepositional pronoun to replace a noun after a preposition. Now let's learn about the tricky ones - ello and sí.

Ello is the neuter prepositional pronoun, used when talking about something non-specific or abstract (it). Remember that when talking about something specific, even if it means "it" in English, the pronoun you use in Spanish depends on the noun's gender - learn more.

Lesson on ello

Notes:

1. Con + mí, ti, and sí contract into the new words conmigo, contigo, and consigo:

Voy contigo - I'm going with you.

2. In certain situations, subject pronouns are used instead of prepositional pronouns:

• After the prepositions como (like), entre (between), excepto (except), incluso (including), menos (except), salvo (except), and según (according to).
    
• When paired with another pronoun:
   - para tú y yo
   - por ella o yo

Reflexive prepositional pronouns

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