Prepositions
Por and para, where things are, and the small words that carry more meaning than they look like they should.
A1
- Hay, estar, and saying where things are
Hay says something exists; estar says where a specific thing is. The difference, the prepositions of place, and the two ways to ask for directions.
A2
- Possession with de: Spanish has no apostrophe s
Spanish builds possession backwards from English, with de. Here is how to flip it, plus when de and el contract into del.
- Por vs para: the split that actually works
Both translate as "for", which is why the rule has to come from somewhere else. Para looks forward to a destination; por looks at the reason or the route.
- A, hacia, de: to, towards and of in Spanish
A is the destination you arrive at, hacia the direction you face, de the origin or the link. Plus the two contractions al and del.