Croatian Prepositions
Learning the Croatian 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 Croatian language. But first we need to know what the role of Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Croatian.
Croatian 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 | Croatian Prepositions |
| Prepositions | Prijedlozi |
| inside the house | unutar kuće |
| outside the car | izvan automobila |
| with me | sa mnom |
| without him | bez njega |
| under the table | ispod stola |
| after tomorrow | prekosutra |
| 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 Croatian has a logical pattern. Locate the Prepositions above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Croatian.
List of Prepositions in Croatian
Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Croatian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Croatian vocabulary.
| English Prepositions | Croatian Prepositions |
| about | oko |
| above | iznad |
| across | preko |
| after | nakon |
| against | protiv |
| among | među |
| around | oko |
| as | kao |
| at | na |
| before | prije |
| behind | iza |
| below | pod |
| beneath | ispod |
| beside | pored |
| between | između |
| beyond | iza |
| but | ali |
| by | pored |
| despite | unatoč |
| down | dolje |
| during | tijekom |
| except | osim |
| for | za |
| from | iz |
| in | u |
| inside | unutra |
| into | u |
| near | blizu |
| next | sljedeći |
| of | od |
| on | na |
| opposite | suprotan |
| out | van |
| outside | izvan |
| over | iznad |
| per | po |
| plus | više |
| round | oko |
| since | od |
| than | tada |
| through | kroz |
| till | do |
| to | na |
| toward | prema |
| under | pod |
| unlike | za razliku od |
| until | dok |
| up | gore |
| via | preko |
| with | sa |
| 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 | k tome još |
| in front of | ispred |
| in spite of | uprkos |
| on behalf of | u ime |
| on top of | povrh |
| |
| demonstrative pronouns | pokazne zamjenice |
| this | ovo |
| that | to |
| these | ovi |
| those | oni |
Time place and demonstrative pronouns have a very important role in Croatian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Croatian Prepositions, you might want to check the rest of our Croatian lessons here: Learn Croatian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.