Learn Spanish (Spain): No camines por el bordillo, puedes resbalar.

No camines por el bordillo, puedes resbalar.

Do not walk on the edge, you can slip.

Breakdown of No camines por el bordillo, puedes resbalar.

for / by / through / in (during a part of the day)

Questions & Answers about No camines por el bordillo, puedes resbalar.

Why does the verb end in -es (no camines) instead of -as?

To tell someone not to do something (a negative command), Spanish swaps the usual vowel. For -ar verbs like caminar, the tú ending changes from -as to -es. So, no camines means "don't walk," whereas no caminas would just be stating a fact: "you aren't walking."

Why use por here to mean "on"?

In Spanish, por is often used to indicate movement along, through, or around an area. Since walking involves moving along the curb, por el bordillo is the most natural way to say it, rather than using en or sobre (which imply staying still on top of something).

Does bordillo just mean any kind of edge?

Not quite. Bordillo specifically refers to the curb of a sidewalk or a similar raised border on a street. If you meant the edge of a table or a cliff, you would use the word borde instead.

Why isn't resbalar conjugated?

Because it follows puedes (you can). In Spanish, when two verbs are paired together like this, only the first verb is conjugated to match the person doing the action. The second verb, resbalar (to slip), stays in its full infinitive form.