How do you use acerca de?
And if you decided to use “acerca de” instead of “sobre,” nobody is going to correct you if you’re using it to mean “about” unless that person is simply asinine or contentious by nature or, for some other reason, wants to make a show of superiority over you by correcting you over something like this.
What is the difference between sobre and acerca de?
Both mean “about”, but “acerca de” is more formal. “Sobre” also means “above”, whereas “acerca de” only has one meaning (about/concerning…).
How to use sobre in a sentence?
Sobre as a Preposition of Location There usually isn’t much significant difference, for example, between sobre la mesa and en la mesa, which both can be translated as “on the table.” Other times, “over” is a more suitable translation, such as when sobre means “above.” Coloca una pierna sobre el piso.
When can you use sobre?
Sentido Físico (Physical meaning): We use sobre, en and encima in order to refer to the position of something on top of something else usually horizontally. That’s why it is okay to say: El libro está sobre la mesa// en la mesa // encima de la mesa.
What is the difference between encima and Arriba?
Encima=on arriba=up.
How do you use Acordarse?
Three rules to help you remember
- Acordarse is reflexive. There is a non-reflexive form, but it has a different meaning (acordar means to agree)
- You must always use the preposition ‘de’ after acordarse.
- Recordar is only non-reflexive; there is no reflexive form (recordarse doesn’t exist)
What do prepositions do?
A preposition is a word or group of words used before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships, or to introduce an object. Some examples of prepositions are words like “in,” “at,” “on,” “of,” and “to.” Prepositions in English are highly idiomatic.
What is the difference between Abajo and Debajo?
For example, “Están abajo” means “They are down there”, but “Están debajo”, we are saying that “They are below (something)”, where this “something” can be implicitly stated. With “debajo”, they are RIGHT below some given reference point, such as a floor.
What is the difference between recorder and Acordarse?
Here the difference is that recordar is a transitive verb and acordarse is intransitive. This means that recordar has to have a direct object and acordarse doesn’t. But, if you want to add a direct object to a sentence with acordarse you have to use the preposition de.
