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4.12 Accentuated personal pronouns

When using prepositions the personal pronouns change:
Just put the blame on me if you do not understand.
It's very nice of you to help me.
Because of him I didn't win the lottery.
For her he would do anything.
They have confidence in us.
He gets so many letters from you.
It will be much more fun with them.

In English they are the same as the (direct/indirect) object pronouns. In Spanish we have the accentuated pronouns for this purpose:

Spanish

	because of / por	for / para	on / sobre	from, of / de
	por mí	para mí	sobre mí	de mí
	por ti	para ti	sobre ti	de ti
	por él/ella	para él/ella	sobre él/ella	de él/ella
	por nosotros / nosotras	para nosotros / nosotras	sobre nosotros / nosotras	de nosotros / nosotras
	por vosotros/ vosotras	para vosotros/ vosotras	sobre vosotros/ vosotras	de vosotros / vosotras
	por ellos / ellas	para ellos / ellas	sobre ellos / ellas	de ellos / ellas

As you can see they are pretty much the same as the normal personal pronouns. The difference is only in the first and second person singular. Please note the accent on mí = accentuated personal pronouns.

Formation of the indirect object with the preposition a + accentuated personal pronoun

Sometimes a special emphasis is put on the indirect object then the indirect object (dativo) can be formed with the preposition a + accentuated personal pronoun (see also chapter 4.9)

Lo doy a ti, pero no a él = I give it to you, not to him.

Then there is another specialty of personal pronouns with the preposition con (= with).

Use of the preposition con

	false	correct
	con mí	conmigo
	con ti	contigo
		con él
	-	con ella
	-	consigo (reflexive use: with oneself, with himself or with herself)
	-	con nosotros
		con vosotros
		con ellos

Example

	incorrect	correct
I go home with you.	Voy a casa con tí.	Voy contigo.
You go home with me.	Vas a casa con mí.	Vas conmigo.
He talks to himself.	Habla con él mismo.	Habla consigo mismo.

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