what is the difference between de and con
Hi,
I know the question has been answered with:
de = of / from
con = with
but this doesn't explain this:
el hombre de barba larga
el hombre con la cámera de fotos
Can you help?
Thx, Gerry
2 Answers
You are going to have problems learning the language if you insist on literal translation of words. There are words in Spanish that are sometimes not even translated into English like the personal "a" or the redundant i.o.
Le di el libro a Juan.
I gave John the book. (neither the le nor the a is translated)
I gave the book to John. (the le is not translated)
Es el libro de John.
It is John's book. (the de is not translated)
You need to learn how the Spanish constructions work and not try to literally translate the meaning of each word in the construction into a similar English expression.
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