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Learning the Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese language. But first we need to know what the role of Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Vietnamese.
Vietnamese 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 | Vietnamese Prepositions |
|---|---|
| Prepositions | Giới từ |
| inside the house | bên trong nhà |
| outside the car | bên ngoài xe |
| with me | với tôi |
| without him | mà không có anh |
| under the table | dưới cái bàn |
| after tomorrow | sau khi vào ngày mai |
| before sunset | trước khi hoàng hôn |
| but I'm busy | nhưng tôi đang bận |
Notice the structure of the Prepositions in Vietnamese.
Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Vietnamese placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Vietnamese vocabulary.
| English Prepositions | Vietnamese Prepositions |
|---|---|
| about | về |
| above | trên đây |
| across | ngang qua |
| after | sau khi |
| against | chống lại |
| among | trong số |
| around | xung quanh |
| as | như |
| at | tại |
| before | trước khi |
| behind | sau |
| below | dưới đây |
| beneath | bên dưới |
| beside | bên cạnh |
| between | giữa |
| beyond | ngoài |
| but | nhưng |
| by | bởi |
| despite | mặc dù |
| down | xuống |
| during | trong khi |
| except | ngoại trừ |
| for | cho |
| from | từ |
| in | trong |
| inside | bên trong |
| into | vào trong |
| near | gần |
| next | tiếp theo |
| of | của |
| on | trên |
| opposite | đối diện |
| out | ra |
| outside | bên ngoài |
| over | trên |
| per | mỗi |
| plus | thêm |
| round | tròn |
| since | kể từ |
| than | hơn |
| through | thông qua |
| till | đến |
| to | đến |
| toward | về phía |
| under | bên dưo17i |
| unlike | không giống như |
| until | cho đến khi |
| up | lên |
| via | thông qua |
| with | với |
| within | trong vòng |
| without | mà không cần |
| two words | hai từ |
| according to | theo |
| because of | vì |
| close to | gần |
| due to | do |
| except for | trừ |
| far from | xa |
| inside of | bên trong |
| instead of | thay vì |
| near to | gần |
| next to | bên cạnh |
| outside of | bên ngoài |
| prior to | trước khi |
| three words | ba từ |
| as far as | xa như… |
| as well as | cũng như |
| in addition to | ngoài ra |
| in front of | trước mặt |
| in spite of | mặc dù |
| on behalf of | thay mặt cho |
| on top of | trên đầu trang của |
| demonstratives | chỉ thị giới từ |
| this | cái này |
| that | cái đó |
| these | những cái này |
| those | những cái đó |
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