{ "chapter_id": "16", "slug": "prepositional-pronouns", "title": "Prepositional Pronouns", "time_range_sec": [3634, 3806], "summary": "Prepositional pronouns follow prepositions; only yo and tú change (to mí and ti), and con combines into conmigo and contigo.", "suggested_grammar_note_id": null, "rules": [ { "title": "Forms", "bullets": [ "yo → mí (with accent), tú → ti (no accent).", "All other pronouns (él, ella, nosotros/as, vosotros/as, ellos/as) keep their subject form.", "Used after prepositions like de, en, a, para, por, sobre, sin, hacia." ] }, { "title": "Special forms with con", "bullets": [ "con + mí → conmigo.", "con + ti → contigo.", "All other pronouns stay normal: con él, con nosotros, con ellos, etc." ] }, { "title": "Exceptions", "bullets": [ "After entre, según, excepto, menos, incluso, salvo, use yo and tú (not mí/ti).", "de él (from him) is not contracted to del; only the article el contracts." ] } ], "examples": [ {"es": "Esto es para mí.", "en": "This is for me.", "tags": ["mí"]}, {"es": "Esto es para nosotros.", "en": "This is for us.", "tags": ["nosotros"]}, {"es": "La vida es fácil para ella.", "en": "Life is easy for her.", "tags": ["ella"]}, {"es": "Tú puedes ir con nosotros.", "en": "You can go with us.", "tags": ["con"]}, {"es": "Este regalo es de él.", "en": "This gift is from him.", "tags": ["de él"]}, {"es": "Ellos van con ellos.", "en": "They go with them.", "tags": ["con", "ellos"]}, {"es": "¿Quieres ir conmigo?", "en": "Do you want to go with me?", "tags": ["conmigo"]}, {"es": "Sí, quiero ir contigo.", "en": "Yes, I want to go with you.", "tags": ["contigo"]}, {"es": "Entre tú y yo, no hay secretos.", "en": "Between you and me, there are no secrets.", "tags": ["exception", "entre"]}, {"es": "Según tú, esto es fácil.", "en": "According to you, this is easy.", "tags": ["exception", "según"]} ], "vocab": [ {"es": "mí", "en": "me (after preposition)", "pos": "phrase"}, {"es": "ti", "en": "you (after preposition)", "pos": "phrase"}, {"es": "conmigo", "en": "with me", "pos": "phrase"}, {"es": "contigo", "en": "with you", "pos": "phrase"}, {"es": "para", "en": "for", "pos": "phrase"}, {"es": "con", "en": "with", "pos": "phrase"} ], "conjugation_tables": [], "exercises": [ {"sentence": "Este regalo es para _____.", "correct": "mí", "distractor": "yo", "explanation": "After preposition 'para', use mí, not yo."}, {"sentence": "¿Quieres ir _____?", "correct": "conmigo", "distractor": "con mí", "explanation": "con + mí combines into conmigo."}, {"sentence": "Sí, voy _____.", "correct": "contigo", "distractor": "con ti", "explanation": "con + ti combines into contigo."}, {"sentence": "El libro es de _____.", "correct": "él", "distractor": "lo", "explanation": "After de, use the prepositional pronoun él (with accent)."}, {"sentence": "Esto es para _____.", "correct": "nosotros", "distractor": "nos", "explanation": "After 'para', use the prepositional pronoun nosotros."}, {"sentence": "Entre tú y _____, no hay problema.", "correct": "yo", "distractor": "mí", "explanation": "After 'entre', Spanish uses subject pronouns yo and tú."}, {"sentence": "Ella va _____.", "correct": "con ellos", "distractor": "conellos", "explanation": "Only mí and ti combine with con; con ellos stays separate."} ], "caveats": "Source clean text contained heavy OCR errors ('AOS', 'noos', 'kigo'); reconstructed from Spanish grammar." }