Bosnian Prepositions
Learning the Bosnian 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 Bosnian language. But first we need to know what the role of Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Bosnian.
Bosnian 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 | Bosnian Prepositions |
| Prepositions | Prepositions |
| inside the house | u kući |
| outside the car | izvan automobila |
| with me | sa mnom |
| without him | bez njega |
| under the table | ispod stola |
| after tomorrow | poslije sutra |
| before sunset | prije zalaska sunca |
| but I'm busy | ali ja sam zauzet |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Prepositions in Bosnian has a logical pattern. Locate the Prepositions above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Bosniac.
List of Prepositions in Bosnian
Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Bosnian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Bosnian vocabulary.
| English Prepositions | Bosnian Prepositions |
| about | oko |
| above | iznad |
| across | preko |
| after | nakon |
| against | protiv |
| among | među |
| around | oko |
| as | kao |
| at | na |
| before | prije |
| behind | iza |
| below | ispod |
| beneath | ispod |
| beside | pored |
| between | između |
| beyond | iza |
| but | ali |
| by | po |
| despite | bez obzira na |
| down | prema dolje |
| during | za vrijeme |
| except | osim |
| for | za |
| from | iz |
| in | u |
| inside | unutrašnjost |
| into | u |
| near | blizu |
| next | sljedeći |
| of | od |
| on | na |
| opposite | suprotan |
| out | van |
| outside | van |
| over | više |
| per | po |
| plus | plus |
| round | krug |
| since | od |
| than | od |
| through | kroz |
| till | do |
| to | na |
| toward | prema |
| under | pod |
| unlike | za razliku od |
| until | dok |
| up | gore |
| via | preko |
| with | s |
| within | unutar |
| without | bez |
| |
| two words | dvije riječi |
| according to | prema |
| because of | zbog |
| close to | u blizini |
| due to | uslijed |
| except for | osim |
| far from | daleko od |
| inside of | unutar |
| instead of | umjesto |
| near to | blizu |
| next to | pored |
| outside of | izvan |
| prior to | prije |
| |
| three words | tri riječi |
| as far as | što se tiče |
| as well as | kao i |
| in addition to | osim |
| in front of | ispred |
| in spite of | uprkos |
| on behalf of | u ime |
| on top of | povrh |
| |
| demonstratives | pokazne prijedlozi |
| this | ovo |
| that | da |
| these | tih |
| those | tih |
Time place and demonstrative pronouns have a very important role in Bosnian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Bosniac Prepositions, you might want to check the rest of our Bosnian lessons here: Learn Bosnian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.