Prepositions (Preposiciones)
 
 
Simple prepositions
 
  • a
  • ante
  • baxo
  • cabo (co)
  • con
  • contra 
  • de
  • dende
  • en
  • ensin
  • énte = ante
  • ente among (Sp. entre)
  • escontra = contra
  • fasta = hasta
  • hasta
  • hacia (haza)
  • pa to, towards; in, at
  • per
  • por
  • según
  • sin = ensin
  • so
  • sobre
  • sobro y tres = sobre
 
See the Spanish prepositions.


Examples

Ente

Means among (=Sp. entre) and in front of, before (=Sp. delante) (then it s written énte), cf.:

Escontra

Denotes opposition (against), but also direction (towards) and approximation of time and space (about), cf.:

Pa

Besides denoting direction (=Sp. para ), the preposition refers to place (= Sp. en), cf.:

Per and Por

Per denotes space and time, while por has a causal meaning.

Per -- space:

Per -- time: Por: Differentiation between per and por:


Compound prepositions

It is common in Asturian to join two prepositiions, cf.:

 

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