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 | Esperanto Prepositions |
| Prepositions | Prepozicioj |
| inside the house | en la domo |
| outside the car | ekster la aŭto |
| with me | kun mi |
| without him | sen li |
| under the table | sub la tablo |
| after tomorrow | post morgaŭ |
| before sunset | antaŭ 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 | Esperanto Prepositions |
| about | pri |
| above | super |
| across | trans |
| after | post |
| against | kontraŭ |
| among | meze de, inter |
| around | ĉirkaŭ |
| as | kiel |
| at | ĉe |
| before | antaŭ |
| behind | post |
| below | sub |
| beneath | malsupre de, sub |
| beside | apud |
| between | inter |
| beyond | preter |
| but | sed |
| by | de, per, apud |
| despite | malgraŭ |
| down | suben, malsupren |
| during | dum |
| except | krom |
| for | por, pro |
| from | de, el |
| in | en |
| inside | en |
| into | en |
| near | proksime de, apud |
| next | sekva |
| of | de |
| on | sur |
| opposite | kontraŭe de, mala |
| out | eksteren |
| outside | ekster |
| over | super |
| per | po |
| plus | plus |
| round | ĉirkaŭ |
| since | ekde |
| than | ol |
| through | tra |
| till | ĝis |
| to | al, por |
| toward | al |
| under | malsupre de, sub |
| unlike | malkiel |
| until | ĝis |
| up | supren |
| via | per, tra |
| with | kun |
| within | ene de, en |
| without | sen |
| two words | du vortoj |
| according to | laŭ |
| because of | pro |
| close to | apud |
| due to | pro |
| except for | krom |
| far from | for de |
| inside of | en |
| instead of | anstataŭ |
| near to | apud |
| next to | flanke de, apud |
| outside of | ekster |
| prior to | antaŭ ol |
| three words | tri vortoj |
| as far as | ĝis |
| as well as | kaj ankaŭ |
| in addition to | krom |
| in front of | antaŭ |
| in spite of | malgraŭ |
| on behalf of | nome de, en la nomo de |
| on top of | supre sur |
| demonstrative adjectives | |
| this | ĉi tiu |
| that | tiu |
| these | ĉi tiuj |
| those | tiuj |
Time place and demonstrative pronouns have a very important role in Esperanto, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Esperanto Prepositions, you might want to check the rest of our Esperanto lessons here: Learn Esperanto. Don't forget to bookmark this page.