"de" means of, about, on, with, because of, by, a . Can someone give examples of sentences using the different meanings of "de"?
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Ava Dawn
September 21, 2014
Ava Dawn
September 21, 2014
I'll start with.... Yo soy de Estados Unidos. I am de United States. Opps! I don't know how to translate.
Robert-C7
September 21, 2014
La casa de Pepe (Pepe's house)
El hijo de Maria (Maria's son)
Yo soy de los Estados Unidos (I am from the United States)
Robert-C7
September 21, 2014
Here is one more: Hotel Del Coronado (del = de + el)
Dan-H24
September 21, 2014
antes de, durante de, después de, encima de, al lado de...
Ava Dawn
September 22, 2014
I see "of" and "from". How about the others, "about", "on", "with", "because of", "by" and "a"?
Ava Dawn
September 22, 2014
By day is "de dia"; By night is "de noche"
Here's "about"
Ella sabe todo "de" las matemáticas. She knows everything "about" math.
I am still missing "on", "with", "because of" and "a"
ricardo-rich
September 22, 2014
Hola a todos,
Aquí está otro ejemplo. Voy a darte algo de comer.
Saludos,
Ricardo
Ava Dawn
September 23, 2014
Here is another example. I am going to give you something "to" eat. Is this translation correct? I looked back and "to" is not one of the translation for "de".
ricardo-rich
September 23, 2014
Hola Aurora,
Yes, it means I'm going to give you something to eat. It's interchangeable with "algo para comer". I don't know exactly why "de" is used this way, perhaps it's idiomatic. There are times when I just accept that's the way things are said. Kind of like, why is a banana bent? ¿Quien sabe?
Saludos,
Ricardo
Ava Dawn
September 23, 2014
Thanks!
maha266
September 24, 2014
this is an article about " de " in Spanish.
http://spanish.about.com/od/prepositions/a/preposition_de.htm