{"id":3064,"date":"2011-07-19T15:50:54","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T19:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=3064"},"modified":"2011-07-19T15:50:54","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T19:50:54","slug":"tricky-prepositions-case-means-of-transportation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/tricky-prepositions-case-means-of-transportation\/","title":{"rendered":"Tricky prepositions case: means of transportation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi, there! How have you been?<\/p>\n

I’m sure you’ve learned in your Spanish class or by studying by yourself that some means of transportation are used with certain prepositions, right? Let’s refresh your memory!<\/p>\n

en <\/strong>coche<\/em> – by car
\nen <\/strong>\u00f3mnibus\/autob\u00fas<\/em>\u00a0– by bus
\nen <\/strong>bicicleta<\/em> – by bicycle
\nen <\/strong>barco\/nav\u00edo<\/em> – by ship
\nen <\/strong>avi\u00f3n<\/em> – by plane
\na<\/strong> pie<\/em> – on foot
\na <\/strong>caballo <\/em>– on horseback<\/p>\n

Now I’m going to give you some pairs of sentences so that you’ll see that these means of transportation are used with other prepositions too. Check them out.<\/p>\n

Sali\u00f3 en <\/strong>su coche.<\/em> (He went out by <\/strong>car.)
\nSali\u00f3 de <\/strong>su coche.<\/em> (He got out of <\/strong>his car.)<\/p>\n

Juan se acercaba a la chica en <\/strong>su moto. <\/em>(Juan approached the girl by <\/strong>motorcycle.)
\nJuan se acercaba a la moto con <\/strong>la chica.<\/em> (Juan approached the motorcycle with <\/strong>his girl – they were together<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n

Vengo del <\/strong>barco.<\/em> (I’m coming from the<\/strong> boat.)
\nVengo en <\/strong>barco.<\/em> (I’m coming by <\/strong>boat.)<\/p>\n

Fuimos a <\/strong>caballo hasta la ciudade.<\/em> (We went to the city on\u00a0<\/strong>horseback.)
\nFuimos por <\/strong>el caballo hasta la ciudad.<\/em> (We went to the city to get<\/strong> the horse.)<\/p>\n

Cruzaremos la frontera en <\/strong>bicicleta.<\/em> (We will cross the border by bicycle.)
\nQuieres cruzar la frontera con <\/strong>la bicicleta pero ya tienes mucho equipaje.<\/em> (You want to cross the border carrying\/with<\/strong> your bicycle but you have too much luggage already.)<\/p>\n

Prepositions are indeed tricky so I suggest you pay attention to how they’re used and try to understand and emulate the examples.<\/p>\n

See you next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi, there! How have you been? I’m sure you’ve learned in your Spanish class or by studying by yourself that some means of transportation are used with certain prepositions, right? Let’s refresh your memory! en coche – by car en \u00f3mnibus\/autob\u00fas\u00a0– by bus en bicicleta – by bicycle en barco\/nav\u00edo – by ship en avi\u00f3n…<\/p>\n

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