Spanish: An Essential Grammar

Prepositional object pronouns

General uses of prepositional object pronouns

These must generally be used when the pronoun is governed by a preposi-

tion and stands apart from the verb (hence they are strong pronouns):

Esto es para ustedes. This is for you.

Estaban corriendo hacia They were running towards you.

vos.[LA]

Quería discutirlo contigo. He wanted to discuss it with you.

Para ello necesito tu ayuda. To do it I need your help.

Note: Some prepositions are used with subjectpronouns, see 8.1.2.2.

Uses of prepositional object pronouns after a

The sequencea+ prepositional object pronoun is often used in addition to

a weak pronoun (direct or indirect object) for purposes of clarity, emphasis

or contrast:

A mí no me han dicho nada. No one has said anything to me.

¿A ti te apetece cenar fuera? Do you fancy going out for a meal?

Lo han detenido a él, pero He has been arrested but not her.

no a ella.

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The forms of prepositional object pronouns

Prepositional object pronouns have the same forms as subject

pronouns, except in the cases of yoand tú, for which the corre-

sponding prepositional object pronouns are mí and ti respectively.

In addition to the forms listed in Table 8.1, special forms exist for

the combination of conwith míand ti, namely conmigoand contigo.