Esperanto Prepositions

Learning the Esperanto Prepositions is very important because its structure is

used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you
get to mastering the Esperanto language. But first we need to know what the role of
Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Esperanto.
Esperanto prepositions link nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a
sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of
the preposition. Here are some examples:
English Prepositions

Prepositions

Prepozicioj

inside the house

en la domo

outside the car

ekster la ato

with me

kun mi

without him

sen li

under the table

sub la tablo

after tomorrow

post morga

before sunset

anta sunsubiro

but I'm busy

sed mi estas okupata

As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Prepositions in
Esperanto has a logical pattern. Locate the Prepositions above and see how it
works with the rest of the sentence in Esperanto.

List of Prepositions in Esperanto

Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Esperanto placed
in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words
to your Esperanto vocabulary.
English Prepositions

about

pri

above

super

across

trans

after

post

against

kontra

among

meze de, inter

around

irka

as

kiel

at

before

anta

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behind

post

below

sub

beneath

malsupre de, sub

beside

apud

between

inter

beyond

preter

but

sed

by

de, per, apud

despite

malgra

down

suben, malsupren

during

dum

except

krom

for

por, pro

from

de, el

English Prepositions

in

en

inside

en

into

en

near

proksime de, apud

next

sekva

of

de

on

sur

opposite

kontrae de, mala

out

eksteren

outside

ekster

over

super

per

po

plus

plus

round

irka

English Prepositions

since

ekde

than

ol

through

tra

till

is

to

al, por

toward

al

under

malsupre de, sub

unlike

malkiel

until

is

up

supren

via

per, tra

with

kun

within

ene de, en

without

sen

English Prepositions

two words

du vortoj

according to

la

because of

pro

close to

apud

due to

pro

except for

krom

far from

for de

inside of

en

instead of

anstata

near to

apud

next to

flanke de, apud

outside of

ekster

prior to

anta ol

three words

tri vortoj

English Prepositions

as far as

is

as well as

kaj anka

in addition to

krom

in front of

anta

in spite of

malgra

on behalf of

nome de, en la nomo de

on top of

supre sur

demonstrative adjectives

this

i tiu

that

tiu

these

i tiuj

those

tiuj