The Spanish 'A' and Its Many Uses (including the so-called personal 'a'_

Question

Do you sometimes get confused exactly what that little 'a' is doing in so many Spanish sentences?

Then I hope that this free ebook will be able to demystify to at least some degree this seemingly pesky but really very useful little letter.

Aye ! - ray76, Jul 17, 2014

Another winner old mate , well done. - ray76, Jul 17, 2014

Gracias señor :) - Kiwi-Girl, Jul 17, 2014

:) - ian-hill, Jul 17, 2014

Thanks Kiwi. This is Very helpful. - rac1, Mar 13, 2015

You're very welcome :) - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 14, 2015

Excellent run-down! I suspect I'll be returning to this e-book again and again. So glad you bumped it. - AnnRon, Mar 17, 2015

Glad to hear it Ann - thanks for the comment :) - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 17, 2015

Gracias! - jrschenk, Mar 19, 2015

Answer 1

I've seen a few questions pop up on this topic lately so I am giving this a little 'bump'

You can have a bump from any day mate. - ray76, Mar 12, 2015

:O - paul88hull, Mar 24, 2015

Actually, it is not possible to get into the site and read it, sorry to tell you. - annierats, Mar 29, 2015

hey Annie the link works for me and from others comments it seems that they can read it too? - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 29, 2015

Answer 2

Just marking this for a look/see tomorrow.

:) - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 17, 2015

Answer 3

Ray, I posted an answer in February on this very subject. It got "best answer" Can you link it to this post? - Daniela2041 1 day ago flag

Here you go Daniela, was this the one?

Daniela's post on the subject

That's the one. Now if we could get it into this thread, it would be better. I wish I knew how to post links and things like that. - Daniela2041, Mar 18, 2015

That is the link to your answer that Kiwi posted. All anyone has to do is click on it and it takes them right to your answer. - rac1, Mar 20, 2015

Answer 4

I'm slow but I catch on... bumpity-bump, bump. : )

lol good on you, perseverance always pays off :) - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 20, 2015

Answer 5

Thanks for demonstrating just how complicated language is. lol.

Jajaja sorry about that :) - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 19, 2015

Answer 6

Bumping this up. We are still getting questions about this subject. There is some great information here.

Thanks :) - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 19, 2015

Answer 7

Thanks for the link Kiwi! I'm still reading the "ebook" but what I like is the ease that this topic is explained. I've bookmarked this, too, as the personal "a" is something I always use incorrectly. Hopefully I can begin using it correctly and/or refer to this explanation.

Something else I enjoyed is the forumula "ir + a + verb infinitive" meaning to be going to do something. I knew this but I didn't know about....

"volver + a + verb infinitive" meaning to do something again

Thanks Bandid, glad u found it useful :) - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 12, 2015

Ir a + verb infinitive ;) - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 13, 2015

silly me, I'll change that, Thanks, Kiwi! - bandit51jd, Mar 13, 2015

:) - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 14, 2015

Answer 8

Need 'a'bump.

That's 'a' lovely gesture, gracias. - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 13, 2015

Ray, I posted an answer in February on this very subject. It got "best answer" Can you link it to this post? - Daniela2041, Mar 16, 2015

Just bump it up. Or, post it here in an answer and provide the link. - rac1, Mar 16, 2015

I don't knowwhat "bump up means." Could you provide a term that I might understand and also how to do it.-- Please? - Daniela2041, Mar 18, 2015

Dani only you can do it , open it , click on it go up to edit click on save all then paste it to new post. - ray76, Mar 18, 2015