Under and beside

Question

When you say, "The parking lot is under everything and the gate is beside of everything", is this correct? "El parqueo esta debajo de todo y la puerta esta a lado de todo"

The English would be: "the gate is beside everything" (no "of"). - webdunce, Nov 27, 2011

The Spanish would be: "está al lado de todo" (accent on a and, more importantly, al not a). - webdunce, Nov 27, 2011

"Under" can also be "beneath" and "below" A N D "beside" can be "alongside" OR "next to" - I hope you have a good dictionary Jan :) - ian-hill, Nov 28, 2011

Answer 1

Anyway, I'm no native Spanish speaker, but I think that's fine...you can also say "junto a todo"...for the idea of "beside everything" or "right next to everything."

I just looked at the dictionary entries (under and beside), and they seem to confirm what you say (just remember it's "al lado de" and not "a lado de")

Thank you very much - Jansports, Nov 28, 2011

Answer 2

"The parking lot is under everything and the gate is beside of everything", is this correct?

I would say "The parking lot is underneath everything and the gate is beside everything."

"El parqueo está debajo de todo y la puerta está al lado de todo."

Answer 3

(about the a lado= aL lado)

Just remember that in English, it is not "to side of", which would be "a lado de".

It's "to the side of":

a el lado de = al lado de

Oh~~~~ So there is a phrase called "a lado de" which means "to the side of" in your text in Spanish? - Jansports, Dec 3, 2011

Thank you very much - Jansports, Dec 3, 2011

Answer 4

Thank you, both webdunce and fatchocobo. I almost got wrong in my spanish homework (about the a lado= aL lado)