Uzbek Prepositions
Learning the Uzbek 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 Uzbek language. But first we need to know what the role of Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Uzbek.
Uzbek 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 | Uzbek Prepositions |
| Prepositions | Predloglar |
| inside the house | o'y uchida |
| outside the car | moshin tashqarida |
| with me | men bilan |
| without him | usiz |
| under the table | stol tagida |
| after tomorrow | ertadan keyin |
| before sunset | quesh chiqishdan oldin |
| but I'm busy | lekin men band emasman |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Prepositions in Uzbek has a logical pattern. Locate the Prepositions above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Uzbek.
List of Prepositions in Uzbek
Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Uzbek placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Uzbek vocabulary.
| English Prepositions | Uzbek Prepositions |
| about | haqida |
| above | tepada |
| across | orqali, ichidan |
| after | keyin |
| against | qarshi |
| among | o'rtasida |
| around | atrofida, taxminan |
| as | o'xshab |
| at | o'stida, ichida |
| before | oldin |
| behind | orqada |
| below | pastda |
| beneath | ostida |
| beside | yonma-yon |
| between | o'rtasida |
| beyond | orqasida, narigi tomonida |
| but | lekin |
| by | yonida, -da, -dan tomonidan |
| despite | ga qaramay |
| down | past tomoniga |
| during | davomida, mobaynida |
| except | dan tashqari |
| for | uchun |
| from | …dan |
| in | ichida |
| inside | ichida |
| into | ichiga |
| near | yonida |
| next | yonida, atrofida |
| of | ….ning |
| on | o'stida, ichida |
| opposite | qarama-qarshi |
| out | ….dan |
| outside | tashqarida |
| over | tepasida, o'stida |
| per | uchun |
| plus | qo'shuv |
| round | taxminan |
| since | …dan beri |
| than | … dan ko'ra |
| through | orasidan, orqali |
| till | gacha |
| to | ….ga |
| toward | …ga |
| under | tagida, pastida |
| unlike | …ga o'xshamasdan |
| until | gacha |
| up | …ga, …dan |
| via | orqali |
| with | bilan |
| within | ichida |
| without | …siz |
| |
| two words | ikta so'zlar |
| according to | …ga qaraganda |
| because of | sababida |
| close to | yaqin |
| due to | lozim |
| except for | dan tashqari |
| far from | dan uzoq |
| inside of | …. Ichida |
| instead of | …dan ko'ra |
| near to | ….ga yaqin |
| next to | … dan keyin |
| outside of | … dan tashqari |
| prior to | …. Gacha |
| |
| three words | uchta so'zlar |
| as far as | …gacha |
| as well as | …ga o'xshab |
| in addition to | … ga qo'shimcha |
| in front of | … qarshisida |
| in spite of | …dan ko'ra |
| on behalf of | … nomidan |
| on top of | … tepasida |
| |
| demonstrative pronouns | Ko'rsatish olmoshlari |
| this | bu |
| that | u |
| these | bular |
| those | ular |
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