A vegades ιs difνcil de saber quan la preposiciσ catalana a es tradueix en anglθs per in o at. (Recordem que es tradueix sempre per to quan significa cap a.) Esperem que les taules aquν sota puguin resoldre alguns dels dubtes. Es divideixen en sis categories: LLOC, POSICIΣ RELATIVA, TEMPS, EL COS, ABSTRACCIONS i MISCEL⋅LΐNIA. Els nϊmeros representen freqόθncia d'ϊs en el Corpus of Contemporary American English (http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/).
Observem que la majoria d'aquests girs contenen l'article definit; els que tenen un article indefinit apareixen en lletra cursiva i els que no tenen cap article, en lletra negreta.
| LLOC | ||
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in the world 35959 in a world 3171 at home 30685 in the home 2300 at the home 728 at the university 16946 in the university 814 in the country 13931 in the air 10668 at work 10368 in school 9447 at school 5295 in the school 3011 at the school 1975 in the city 9420 in court 9285 in the area 8563 in the house 8522 at the house 1501 in the field 8059 in prison 7654 in town 7343 in the region 7316 in bed 7075 in the kitchen 6606 |
in congress 6506 in the room 6406 in college 5930 in jail 5845 in the senate 5730 in the car 5460 in the water 4932 at the door 4473 in the classroom 4409 in the hospital 3985 at the hospital 1921 in the community 3984 in a row 3851 at the table 3823 in the sky 3615 in the mirror 3367 in the woods 3328 in a position 3311 in the corner 3043 at the corner 1312 in the streets 2835 in the street 2781 in the neighborhood 2589 in the doorway 2549 in the office 2523 at the office 1526 |
in the park 2573 in the garden 2408 in the church 2380 at the church 651 at the airport 1902 at the bar 1677 at the site 1502 at the scene 1292 at the hotel 1244 at the core 1163 at the museum 1124 at the window 1081 at the entrance 1060 at the beach 986 at the wheel 785 at the conference 692 at the park 635 at the store 616 at the institute 624 at the bank 607 at the party 603 at the dinner 580 at the mall 547 at the intersection 544 |
| POSICIΣ RELATIVA | ||
| at the end 27539 in the end 12017 in the middle 21112 in the back 10380 at the back 2837 at the top 9375 in the west 7047 in the south 6347 in the center 6064 at the center 5119 at the bottom 5316 |
in the midst 4990 in the distance 3813 in the background 3535 in the north 3578 at the edge 3215 in a while 3215 in the beginning 3152 in the east 2972 at the base 2374 at the foot 1848 at the front 1445 |
at the head 1430 at the level 1366 at the height 1319 at the point 1317 at the side 791 at the forefront 732 at the rear 625 at the root 579 at the edges 556 at the peak 549 |
| TEMPS | ||
| at the time 26832 in the past 15683 at a time 15459 in time 13614 at times 9176 at night 15313 in the night 2405 in the future 11032 in the morning 15340 |
at the beginning 7230 at the moment 6699 in a moment 6338 in the meantime 5058 in the afternoon 3227 in the summer 5216 in the year 3221 in the years 2578 |
in the day 2701 in the days 2366 at the start 2323 in the winter 2293 in a minute 1861 at the outset 1350 in an instant 1061 |
| EL COS | |||
| in the eye 2722 in the eyes 2528 | in the hands 3436 at the hands 1500 |
at the heart 3196 in the heart 2518 at heart 1154 | in the head 2328 at the head 1430 |
| ABSTRACCIONS | ||
| in the case 11737 in case 7900 in the context 5209 in the book 4348 in a sense 4101 in the business 3549 in the war 3357 |
in the game 3129 in the program 2633 in the media 2632 in the league 2582 in the movie 2557 in the company 2538 |
in the event 2445 in the film 2347 at the helm 810 at the meeting 751 at the rate 674 in the process 9146 |
| MISCEL⋅LΐNIA | ||
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in a way 12745 in the way 9546 in trouble 6207 in the dark 5549 |
in the family 3902 at the age 3795 in the course 3778 |
in power 3513 in charge 3502 in the sun 3042 |