Leccion 29ª: Preposiciones de movimiento: To / In / On / At

Gramática

a) From: Indica el origen de un movimiento.


We went from Paris to London

I come from Spain

Where do you come from?

b) To: Indica el destino, el punto final de un movimiento, con verbos como:

to go to / to come to / to drive to / to fly to /

to travel to / to run to / to walk to


I will go to America

You walk to the cinema

She flied to London

My father drove to the beach

He went to a party

She went to bed

La expresión "to get + to" significa llegar a un destino; se puede utilizar con cualquier destino:


This morning I got to the office at 10 o'clock

She got to England last week

c) Into: cuando el movimiento finaliza dentro de un lugar.

The police went into my house

It is raining; we can go into the cinema

Mientras que la preposición "in" se utiliza habitualmente para indicar posición.


He studies in his room
d) "Out of": salir de un lugar


He went out of the theatre

The robbers went out of the bank with a hostage

e) "On"; cuando el movimiento finaliza sobre una superficie


The birds land on the tree

The rain falls on the car

"On" se puede utilizar también para indicar posición


Your glasses are on your desk
f) Onto: movimiento que implica un cambio de nivel


My father went up onto the roof

The cat jumped onto the chair

Peculiaridades

1.- Con el verbo "to arrive" no se utiliza la preposición "to" sino:

"in" (si el destino es una ciudad o un país)

"at" (si el destino es un pueblo u otros destinos)

I arrived in Paris / in France

She arrives at the museum / at the railway station

2.- Con el sustantivo "home" no se utiliza preposición:

To go home: ir a casa

To get home: llegar a casa

To come home: venir a casa

Why don't you come home?

After work I went home

Yesterday I got home very late