Preposition, concept and examples
Portuguese is full of traps, the preposition is one of them, writing is much more difficult than speaking, they are words that are written with letters that look alike, they are sentences and orders for one thing or another and they must be followed to the letter, even For people who have a certain knowledge of the Portuguese language, they sometimes have difficulties, so don't blame yourself or worry about trying to get 100% right for everything.
You should go little by little and in this article you will learn a little more about prepositions.
What is Preposition?
Preposition is the word that establishes a relationship between two or more terms of the sentence.
In a preposition, the meaning of the expression is dependent on the union of all the elements that the preposition links.
It seems difficult, but no, it is quite simple to identify the preposition in sentences, let's give some examples so that you can better understand what the preposition is in a sentence.
How to identify Preposition in sentences
Identifying the preposition in sentences is simple, the preposition is used to join the elements.
Example 1: They are José's friends.
Friends / José are the elements linked by the preposition
in is the preposition of the sentence.
Example 2: They are all with you.
All/you are the elements linked by the preposition
with is the preposition of the sentence.
The preposition in this case is considered as a connecting element and serves to link words together in a process of subordination called regency.
Prepositions are invariable words, as they do not undergo gender inflection. However, in several situations prepositions are combined with other words in the language, this is called the phenomenon of “contraction” and, thus, they establish a relationship of agreement in gender and number with the words to which they are linked.
There are some words that serve as a connection between the elements, these bad words are prepositions, we are going to put some of these words here for you, it will be even easier for you to better identify the preposition of each sentence.
- in
- per
- in
- of
- for the
- with
- on one
With the examples of the sentence and these connecting words, it becomes much easier for you to identify the preposition in the sentences.
