Azerbaijani Prepositions
Learning the Azerbaijani Prepositions is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Azerbaijani language. But first we need to know what the role of Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Azerbaijani.
Azerbaijani 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 | Azerbaijani Prepositions |
| Prepositions | Sözönü |
| inside the house | evdə |
| outside the car | avtomobildən kənarda |
| with me | Mənimlə |
| without him | onsuz |
| under the table | stolun altında |
| after tomorrow | birisi gün |
| before sunset | gün batmazdan əvvəl |
| but I'm busy | axı mən məşğulam |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Prepositions in Azerbaijani has a logical pattern. Locate the Prepositions above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Azeri.
List of Prepositions in Azerbaijani
Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Azerbaijani placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Azerbaijani vocabulary.
| English Prepositions | Azerbaijani Prepositions |
| about | haqqında |
| above | yuxarıda |
| across | o tərəfə; -dan -dən |
| after | sonra |
| against | qarşı |
| among | arasında |
| around | ətrafında |
| as | kimi |
| at | yanında |
| before | əvvəl |
| behind | arxasında |
| below | aşağıda |
| beneath | altında |
| beside | yanaşı |
| between | arasında |
| beyond | kənarda |
| but | lakin |
| by | ilə |
| despite | baxmayaraq, |
| down | aşağı |
| during | ərzində |
| except | istisna olmaqla, |
| for | üçün |
| from | -dan; -dən |
| in | içərisində (or) -da; -də |
| inside | içərisində |
| into | içəriyə (or) -a; -ə |
| near | yaxın |
| next | sonrakı |
| of | of |
| on | üstündə |
| opposite | qarşısında |
| out | bayıra |
| outside | kənarda |
| over | üstündə |
| per | hər |
| plus | üstəgəl |
| round | dairəvi? |
| since | etibarən |
| than | nisbətən |
| through | vasitəsilə |
| till | qədər |
| to | doğru |
| toward | doğru |
| under | altında |
| unlike | fərqli |
| until | qədər |
| up | yuxarı |
| via | vasitəsilə |
| with | ilə |
| within | ərzində |
| without | olmadan |
| |
| two words | iki söz |
| according to | əsasən |
| because of | görə |
| close to | yaxın |
| due to | görə |
| except for | istisna olmaqla, |
| far from | uzaqdan |
| inside of | içərisində |
| instead of | əvəzinə |
| near to | yaxın |
| next to | yanında |
| outside of | kənarda |
| prior to | əvvəl |
| |
| three words | üç söz |
| as far as | qədər |
| as well as | habelə |
| in addition to | savayı |
| in front of | qarşısında |
| in spite of | rəğmən |
| on behalf of | adından |
| on top of | bundan başqa |
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| demonstrative pronouns | işarə əvəzlikləri |
| this | bu |
| that | o |
| these | bunlar |
| those | onlar |
Time place and demonstrative pronouns have a very important role in Azerbaijani, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Azeri Prepositions, you might want to check the rest of our Azerbaijani lessons here: Learn Azerbaijani. Don't forget to bookmark this page.