How do I say "Next door to..." ?

Question

How do I say "I live next door to Jose" ?

Answer 1

Primus said

Would it be: le vivo al lado

Hi Primus. It appears that you are trying to make the pronoun "him: the object of the verb in this sentence, but this is not the case. In this sentence (in both English and Spanish) "him" would be the object of the preposition "next to/by/next door to/etc" and not the object of the verb. That is to say that the correct pronoun to use in this case would be the prepositional/disjunctional form rather than trying to make it the indirect object of the verb.

Prepositional form of a pronoun (related to the preposition):

al lado de mí/ti/él/ella/etc - next to me/you/him/her/etc

cerca de mí/ti/él/ella/etc - near to me/you/him/her/etc

para mí/ti/él/ella/etc - for me/you/him/her/etc

Indirect object pronoun (related indirectly to the verb)

me/te/le/etc gusta... - It is pleasing to me/you/him/her/etc

me/te/le/etc encantan... - they are delightful to me/you/him/her/etc

me/te/le/etc dijo... - they said to **me/you/him/her/etc***

Thank you for the very helpful answer lzanoni1 --- I truly appreciate it :) - primus, MAY 9, 2010

Answer 2

Primus. El es mi vecino de al lado is what I would say.

I dropped a missing "l" in Ken. - geofc, MAY 9, 2010

Thanks Geofo. - kenwilliams, MAY 9, 2010

Answer 3

Hi, Max, welcome to the forum.

"I live next door to.." implies that "I live in the house next door to..."

"Vivo en la casa de al lado de José."

Answer 4

I would say: "Vivo en la casa( or "en el apartamento") al lado de Jose."

Answer 5

This is a related question, but I am trying to get a grip on the indirect object pronouns... My question is if you were having a conversation in which we were talking about Jose, and I wanted to say "I live next to him (Jose)".

Would it be: le vivo al lado

Thanks

"Al lado de el" the "de" is a necessary pert of the expression. - geofc, MAY 9, 2010

Thank you geofc -- that's exactly the help I needed!! - primus, MAY 9, 2010

de él is why it is not del - 0074b507, MAY 9, 2010