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''A'' is used before the Direct Object when the DO is a definite person or personified thing. |
"A" is used with Alguien Nadie Quien which refer to people |
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"A" is NOT used with inanimate non-personified objects, nor when the noun object refers to an indefinite person or to a group of people in which the individuals are de-emphasized. |
- El nuevo propietario arregló el techo de la casa, levantó las cercase y plantó flores. - La compañía imortó obreros extranjeros para construir el puente. |
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"A" is OMITTED after the verb TENER when it means to possess. Tengo dos hermanos. However, when TENER means ''to hold'' or ''to be'', A is used before definite animate direct objects. |
La madre tenía a su bebé en los brazos. Tenemos a nuestro padre en el hospital. |
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If the SUBJECT of the sentence is non-human, and the DO is a definite animal, rules given for persons apply and A generally precedes the DO even in the case of lower species like insects. |
- La vaca lamía a su ternerito. - Las ratas transportan a sus crías con la boca. - Cientos de hormigas atacaron al pobre gusano. - La araña atrapó a la mosca en su tela. |
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"A" always precedes the Indirect Object (IO). |
- A mi tío Pascual le encantaban las películas de ciencia ficción y cuando murió, le dejo su dinero A una comañía de películas en vez de dejármelo A mí. |
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Some verbs like: "to buy, to borrow, (in English) FROM to rob, to take away" In Spanish the person or entity from whom the subject borrows, buys, etc. is the IO and "A" is used.
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- El joven le pidió prestados unos pesos A su amigo para comprarle flores A la viejecita. - Si le quitas 15 a 50, te quedan 35. - En vez de pedirle prestado el dinero al banco, Daniel so lo robó A su padre. |
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Follows verbs that express motion, whether physical or figurative. Also used after verbs of beginning: |
acercarse a arrojarse a bajar a caer a comenzar (empezar) a echarse a ir(se) a llegar a ponerse a salir a subir(se) a tirar a venir a volver a |
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Follows verbs that refer to a teaching-learning process. Also after verbs that express the subjects intention to engage in some activity or to have someone else do so. |
Categories include: aprender a convidar (invitar) a consagrarse (dedicarse) a enseñar a forzar (obligar) a impulsar a incitar a |
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"A" expresses the manner in which an action is perfomed. |
<<Irse a la francesa>> irse sin despedirse - Mi madre me enseñó a coser a mano y también a coser a máquin. - Sirvieron en la cena bestec a la parrilla y manzanas al horno. - ¿Hiciste el viaje a caballo o a pie? |
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Many adverbia expressions of manner take the preposition A |
a ciegas a escondidas a la fuerza a lo loco a oscuras a propósito a sabiendas a tontas y a locas gota a gota paso a paso uno a uno uno por uno |
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a ciegas a escondidas a la fuerza a lo loco a oscuras a propósito a sabiendas a tontas y a locas gota a gota paso a paso uno a uno uno por uno |
blindly behind someone's back, secretly against one's will, by force in a crazy wa in the dark on purpose knowingly without thinking drop by drop step by step little by little one by one one by one |
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"A" expresses a point in time |
- Pasan mi telenovela favorita a las nueve. - Al salir de la casa vi al cartero.
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"A" + DEFINITE ARTICLE + PERIOD OF TIME = PERIOD OF TIME + LATER |
- Al poco tiempo (a los pocos días, a la semana, al mes, al año) a los cinco minutos) eran grandes amigos. |
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"A" often precedes measurements and prices. |
- Dicen que la temperatura estará mañana a 40 grados centígrados. - Es ilegal correr a cien kilómetros por hora en este pueblo. - ¿A cómo compraste las toronjas? Están a las tres por un dólar en la esquina. |
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1/ Some common verbs followed by "A" acostumbra a arriesgarse a asistir a aspirar a atraverse a ayudar a comprometerse a condenar a contribuir a dar a |
to be accustomed to to risk + ____-ing to attend to aspire to to dare to to help to promise to to condemn to to contribute to to face (toward), look out on |
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2/ More common verbs followed by "A" decidirse a esperar a jugar a limitarse a negarse a oler a parecerse a renunciar a resignarse a responder a saber a salir a traducir a |
to decide to to wait to to play to limit oneself to to refuse to to smell of, like to resemble to give up to resign oneself to to answer, respond to to taste of, like salir a traducir a |