2. where are
you?
From For at aboutwith
of by in on to
where are you
From?
Correct Correct
very formal
From
It is commonly used by native speakers, usually in questions,
it is less formal but not incorrect.
3. Who did you buy it
What is he talking
whom did you buy
it?
¿A quién se lo compraste?
What is he
talking?
¿Sobre qué está hablando?
- formal Muy formal, formal
to?
about?
To
About
4. think of
about
dependon
What is she thinking
about?
¿En que está ella pensando?
What does it depend
on?
¿De qué depende esto?
The prepositions depend on the
verb.
5. Who did you buy it to?
¿A quién se lo compraste?
What are you looking at? look at
listen to
What kind of music are you listening
to?
In interrogations, when we ask starting with a
preposition:
In interrogations, although we do not start by asking
with a preposition
6. I want to know what room they are
in.
Quiero saber en que cuarto ellos están.
look over
(revisar)
broke up
(separarse)
broken into
(forzar una morada)
Maya and he broke
up.
Maya y él rompieron.
My house was broken to.
Mi casa fue irrumpida.
In indirect interrogations.
In sentences that end
in phrasal verbs.
7. There is nothing
to be afraid of.
No hay nada de que temer.
There is nothing of
which to be afraid.
No hay nada por el cual estar de miedo.
She is a good
person to talk to.
Ella es una buena persona para hablar.
She is a good
person to whom to
talk.
Ella es una buena persona con quien hablar.
In some affirmative sentences that have the verb
in the infinitive.
8. Why is she
worried?
¿Por qué esta ella preocupada?.
What is she
worried about?
¿Por qué esta ella preocupada?.
To have prepositions at the end We can also
replace why by what + preposition.
