Filipino Prepositions
Learning the Filipino 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 Filipino language. But first we need to know what the role of Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Filipino.
Filipino 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 | Filipino Prepositions |
| Prepositions | Prepositions |
| inside the house | sa loob ng bahay |
| outside the car | sa labas ng kotse |
| with me | sa akin |
| without him | walang siya |
| under the table | sa ilalim ng mesa |
| after tomorrow | pagkatapos bukas |
| before sunset | bago paglubog ng araw |
| but I'm busy | ngunit ako ay abala sa |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Prepositions in Filipino has a logical pattern. Locate the Prepositions above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Tagalog.
List of Prepositions in Filipino
Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Filipino placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Filipino vocabulary.
| English Prepositions | Filipino Prepositions |
| about | tungkol sa |
| above | sa itaas |
| across | sa kabila |
| after | pagkatapos |
| against | laban sa |
| among | sa |
| around | sa paligid |
| as | bilang |
| at | sa |
| before | bago |
| behind | sa likod ng |
| below | sa ibaba |
| beneath | sa ilalim |
| beside | sa tabi |
| between | sa pagitan ng |
| beyond | lampas |
| but | pero |
| by | sa pamamagitan ng |
| despite | sa kabila ng |
| down | pababa |
| during | sa panahon ng |
| except | maliban |
| for | para sa |
| from | mula sa |
| in | sa |
| inside | sa loob |
| into | sa |
| near | malapit sa |
| next | susunod |
| of | ng |
| on | sa |
| opposite | kabaligtaran |
| out | palabas |
| outside | sa labas |
| over | mahigit sa |
| per | bawat |
| plus | dagdagan |
| round | bilog |
| since | mula noon |
| than | kaysa |
| through | sa pamamagitan ng |
| till | hanggang |
| to | sa |
| toward | patungo |
| under | sa ilalim ng |
| unlike | hindi katulad |
| until | hanggang |
| up | pataas |
| via | sa pamamagitan ng |
| with | sa |
| within | sa loob ng |
| without | wala |
| |
| two words | dalawang salita |
| according to | ayon sa |
| because of | dahil sa |
| close to | malapit sa |
| due to | dahil sa |
| except for | maliban sa |
| far from | malayo sa |
| inside of | sa loob ng |
| instead of | sa halip ng |
| near to | malapit |
| next to | sa tabi |
| outside of | sa labas ng |
| prior to | bago |
| |
| three words | tatlong salita |
| as far as | tulad ng |
| as well as | at |
| in addition to | bukod sa |
| in front of | sa harap ng |
| in spite of | kulob |
| on behalf of | sa ngalan ng |
| on top of | sa ibabaw ng |
| |
| demonstratives | nagpapatotoo prepositions |
| this | ito |
| that | na |
| these | mga ito |
| those | iyon |
Time place and demonstrative pronouns have a very important role in Filipino, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Tagalog Prepositions, you might want to check the rest of our Filipino lessons here: Learn Filipino. Don't forget to bookmark this page.