“Depender de”, “soñar con”, “pensar en”
CEFR B2 · part 1
edumaterial's parts within the level. The European framework does not subdivide them.
“Se vende”: the passive that Spanish actually usesSaying things without naming who does them: “se vende piso”, “se venden pisos” —agreeing…“Llevo dos horas esperando”: two verbs working togetherThe everyday combinations: “acabar de” (just), “llevar” + gerund (have been), “ponerse…“Aunque llueve” or “aunque llueva”Choosing the mood after “aunque”, “a pesar de que” and “por mucho que” according to…“Llegó Ana”: the subject after the verbPutting the subject after the verb where Spanish prefers it: with verbs of happening…“Lo que quiero”: the neuter “lo”Using “lo” with an adjective (“lo bueno”, “lo difícil”) and “lo que” for “what”: “lo que…“Ser” or “estar”: two verbs for one “to be”Choosing between “ser” and “estar” in everyday sentences: who you are and what you are…The rule, in three lines
Many verbs demand one particular preposition, and it almost never matches the English one: depender de, soñar con, pensar en, acordarse de, casarse con, confiar en, insistir en, contar con.
The usual slip. Translating the English preposition: depender en, pensar de, casarse a.
Why it catches you out. Your language has the same problem in reverse —“depend ON”, “dream OF”— so you already know these are learnt one at a time. What catches you is that some pairs look parallel and are not: “pensar EN” is “think ABOUT”, and “pensar DE” also exists, meaning what you think OF something.