Preposiciones de movimiento: From / To / Into / Onto / On / At
a) From: Indica el origen de un movimiento.
- We went from Paris to London
- I come from Spain
- Where do you come from?
b) To: Indica el destino, el punto final de un movimiento, con verbos como:
to go to / to come to / to drive to / to fly to /
to travel to / to run to / to walk to
- I will go to America
- You walk to the cinema
- She flied to London
- My father drove to the beach
- He went to a party
- She went to bed
La expresión "to get + to" significa llegar a un destino; se puede utilizar con cualquier destino:
- This morning I got to the office at 10 o'clock
- She got to England last week
c) Into: cuando el movimiento finaliza dentro de un lugar.
- The police went into my house
- It is raining; we can go into the cinema
Mientras que la preposición "in" se utiliza habitualmente para indicar posición.
- He studies in his room
d) "Out of": salir de un lugar
- He went out of the theatre
- The robbers went out of the bank with a hostage
e) "On"; cuando el movimiento finaliza sobre una superficie
- The birds land on the tree
- The rain falls on the car
"On" se puede utilizar también para indicar posición
- Your glasses are on your desk
f) Onto: movimiento que implica un cambio de nivel
- My father went up onto the roof
- The cat jumped onto the chair
Peculiaridades
1.- Con el verbo "to arrive" no se utiliza la preposición "to" sino:
"in" (si el destino es una ciudad o un país)
"at" (si el destino es diferente a los anteriormente citados)
- I arrived in Paris / in France
- She arrives at the museum / at the railway station
2.- Con el sustantivo "home" no se utiliza preposición:
To go home: ir a casa
To get home: llegar a casa
To come home: venir a casa
- Why don't you come home?
- After work I went home
- Yesterday I got home very late
