Basque Prepositions
Learning the Basque 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 Basque language. But first we need to know what the role of Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Basque.
Basque 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 | Basque Prepositions |
| Prepositions | Preposizioak |
| inside the house | etxe barruan |
| outside the car | auto kanpoan |
| with me | nirekin batera |
| without him | bera barik |
| under the table | mahaiaren azpian |
| after tomorrow | bihar ondoren |
| before sunset | iluntze aurretik |
| but I'm busy | baina lanpetuta nago |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Prepositions in Basque has a logical pattern. Locate the Prepositions above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Euskara.
List of Prepositions in Basque
Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Basque placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Basque vocabulary.
| English Prepositions | Basque Prepositions |
| about | buruzko |
| above | gainetik |
| across | zehar |
| after | ondoren |
| against | aurka |
| among | artean |
| around | inguruan |
| as | bezala |
| at | at |
| before | aurretik |
| behind | atzean |
| below | behean |
| beneath | azpian |
| beside | ondoan |
| between | artean |
| beyond | areago |
| but | baina |
| by | ondoan |
| despite | arren |
| down | behean |
| during | zehar |
| except | izan ezik |
| for | …rentzat |
| from | aurrera |
| in | en |
| inside | barruan |
| into | …arantza |
| near | gertu |
| next | hurrengo |
| of | …rena |
| on | gainean |
| opposite | aurrean |
| out | kanpoan |
| outside | kanpoan |
| over | gainean |
| per | bakoitzeko |
| plus | gehi |
| round | inguruan |
| since | …(e)tik |
| than | baino |
| through | bidez |
| till | arte |
| to | …ra |
| toward | norabidean |
| under | pean |
| unlike | ez bezala |
| until | arte |
| up | gora |
| via | bidez |
| with | …(e) kin |
| within | barruan |
| without | gabe |
| |
| two words | bi hitz |
| according to | …(e) n arabera |
| because of | zeren eta… |
| close to | hurbil |
| due to | ondorioz |
| except for | izan ezik |
| far from | urrun |
| inside of | barruan |
| instead of | ordez |
| near to | gertu |
| next to | ondoan |
| outside of | kanpo |
| prior to | aurretik |
| |
| three words | hiru hitz |
| as far as | Orain arte bezala |
| as well as | bezain ondo |
| in addition to | gain, |
| in front of | aurrean |
| in spite of | Honela, |
| on behalf of | izenean |
| on top of | …en gainean |
| |
| demonstrative pronouns | preposizio erakusleak |
| this | hau |
| that | hori |
| these | hauek |
| those | horiek |
Time place and demonstrative pronouns have a very important role in Basque, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Euskara Prepositions, you might want to check the rest of our Basque lessons here: Learn Basque. Don't forget to bookmark this page.