After prepositions · para mí, con él
After para, con, de, sin, en… use mí and ti; every other person keeps its subject form (él, ella, nosotros). con + mí / ti = conmigo / contigo.
Examples
- El café es para mí.The coffee is for me.
- Vivo con él.I live with him.
- Ana vive conmigo.Ana lives with me.
How it works
After a preposition (para, con, de, sin, en, cerca de…), Spanish uses these pronouns:
mí — menosotros / nosotras — us
ti — youvosotros / vosotras — you (several)
él / ella — him / her
usted — you (polite)
ellos / ellas — them
ustedes — you (several, polite)
Only mí and ti are new; the rest look like the subject pronouns:
El café es para mí. — The coffee is for me.
Pienso en ti. — I think about you.
Vivo con él. — I live with him.
Hablamos de ella. — We talk about her.
Accents
mí (me) has an accent; mi (my) doesn't.
ti never has an accent.
él (him) has an accent; el (the) doesn't.
con + mí / ti become one word:
conmigo — with me
contigo — with you
But con él, con ella, con nosotros… stay two words.
Common mistakes
para yo →para mí
con mí →conmigo
para tí →para ti (no accent)
What you'll practise
1. mí and ti after a preposition
para mí, de ti, en ti — mí takes an accent, ti never does.
- para mífor me
- Pienso en ti.I think about you.
2. él, ella, nosotros… after a preposition
Every other person keeps its subject form: con él, de ella, sin nosotros.
- Hablamos de ella.We talk about her.
- sin nosotroswithout us
3. conmigo / contigo
con + mí = conmigo, con + ti = contigo.
- Trabaja conmigo.She works with me.
- Voy contigo.I'm going with you.
Practise it until it sticks
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