Preposiciones De Tiempo En Ingles Y En Español

There are three basic prepositions in English Time: at, in and on. The use of these prepositions are some very simple rules but the students do not always remember. Today we remember the rules of English prepositions of time and the few exceptions that accompany them.

It is an invariable particle that serves to link syntactic elements that serve different functions, primarily, a noun or equivalent, with which it forms a complement to another noun or a verb, She is at work, I'm goto home, the ball is under the table, etc.. It can also be said to be the word that relates a name or pronoun with another word that is a complement.

By the way, prepositions can be proper and improper. Prepositions themselves consist of a single word, are: of, in, at, on, from, to, under, off, down, out, into, for, etc. ..

Improper Prepositions are adjectives, adverbs and participles that function as prepositions. Example: In front of, next to, On top of, Out of, etc.

Values and uses of prepositions are: movement, place and time when something happens, proximity in space or time, mode, distribution, price, location, custom.

List of English prepositions of time with their translations, pronunciation and usage examples. By, beyond, on, at, in.

by (BAI) - for, before

beyond (bi-iónd) - beyond

on (on) - in (for days - On Monday, On Tuesday, ... etc..)

at (at) - to (used for hours)

in (in) - in (for months estacions, years and parts of the day)

by (BAI) - for, before

The preposition AT is used to refer to the time of day:

At 4.30

At 9 o'clock

Also to mention moments of the day:

At night

At noon

At midday

And finally to reference celebrations:

At Easter

At Christmas

At Halloween

The preposition in is used to express parts or divisions of the day:

In the morning

To discuss the months:

In September

In May

and as an expression of the future, to make mention of an event that will take place within a specific time period:

In eight months' time

The preposition ON we can use to accompany the days of the week:

I will visit you on Saturday

She Travelled on Tuesday

or for parts or divisions of the day, but in this case we must clarify that day we talked:

They will travel to Europe on Sunday morning.

I did not go to work on Tuesday afternoon.

and finally use ON to mention dates:

On September 23th

On 12th April

EXPLICACIÓN EN ESPAÑOL:

Hay tres preposiciones de tiempo básicas en inglés: at, in y on. La utilización de estas preposiciones tiene algunas reglas muy sencillas pero de las que los estudiantes no siempre se acuerdan. Hoy recordaremos las reglas de las preposiciones de tiempo en inglés y las pocas excepciones que las acompañan.

Es una partícula invariable que sirve

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