Russian Prepositions
Learning the Russian 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 Russian language. But first we need to know what the role of Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Russian.
Russian 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 | Russian Prepositions |
| Prepositions | Предлоги - Predlogi |
| inside the house | в доме - v dome |
| outside the car | вне автомобиля - vne avtomobilia |
| with me | со мной - so mnoi |
| without him | без него - bez nego |
| under the table | под столом - pod stolom |
| after tomorrow | Послезавтра - Poslezavtra |
| before sunset | до заката - do zakata |
| but I'm busy | но я занят - no ia zaniat |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Prepositions in Russian has a logical pattern. Locate the Prepositions above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Russian.
List of Prepositions in Russian
Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Russian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Russian vocabulary.
| English Prepositions | Russian Prepositions |
| about | о - o |
| above | выше - vыshe |
| across | через - cherez |
| after | после - posle |
| against | против - protiv |
| among | между - mezdu |
| around | около - okolo |
| as | как - kak |
| at | в - v |
| before | до - do |
| behind | за - za |
| below | ниже - nize |
| beneath | под - pod |
| beside | рядом с - riadom s |
| between | между - mezdu |
| beyond | вне - vne |
| but | но - no |
| by | по - po |
| despite | несмотря на - nesmotria na |
| down | вниз - vniz |
| during | во время - vo vremia |
| except | за исключением - za iskliucheniem |
| for | для - dlia |
| from | от - ot |
| in | в - v |
| inside | внутри - vnutri |
| into | в - v |
| near | около - okolo |
| next | следующий - sleduiushtii |
| of | из - iz |
| on | по - po |
| opposite | напротив - naprotiv |
| out | из - iz |
| outside | за пределами - za predelami |
| over | за - za |
| per | в - v |
| plus | плюс - plius |
| round | раунд - raund |
| since | с - s |
| than | чем - chem |
| through | через - cherez |
| till | до - do |
| to | к - k |
| toward | к - k |
| under | под - pod |
| unlike | в отличие от - v otlichie ot |
| until | до - do |
| up | вверх - vverh |
| via | через - cherez |
| with | с - s |
| within | в - v |
| without | без - bez |
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| two words | 2 слова - 2 slova |
| according to | в соответствии с - v sootvetstvii s |
| because of | из-за - iz-za |
| close to | близко к - blizko k |
| due to | из-за - iz-za |
| except for | за исключением - za iskliucheniem |
| far from | далеко от - daleko ot |
| inside of | внутри - vnutri |
| instead of | вместо - vmesto |
| near to | рядом с - riadom s |
| next to | рядом с - riadom s |
| outside of | за пределами - za predelami |
| prior to | до - do |
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| three words | 3 слова - 3 slova |
| as far as | насколько - naskolioo |
| as well as | а также - a takze |
| in addition to | в дополнение к - v dopolnenie k |
| in front of | перед - pered |
| in spite of | несмотря на - nesmotria na |
| on behalf of | от имени - ot imeni |
| on top of | в верхней части - v verhnei chasti |
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| demonstratives | демонстративные предлоги - demonstrativnыe predlogi |
| this | это - эto |
| that | что - chto |
| these | эти - эti |
| those | те - te |
Time place and demonstrative pronouns have a very important role in Russian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Russian Prepositions, you might want to check the rest of our Russian lessons here: Learn Russian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.