Spanish · Chapter 27 · Lesson 2 · Grammar primer
Prepositions advanced
On the AQA A-level grammar list.
The short version
The de in delante de is not optional
Most Spanish place prepositions are really adverbs bolted onto a noun with de, and the de is compulsory. Delante de la casa, detrás de ti, cerca del centro. Drop it and the phrase collapses. With a pronoun the de stays and pulls in the accented strong form, so it is delante de mĂ, not the loose delante mi.
Se sentĂł delante de mĂ.
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