Afrikaans Prepositions
Learning the Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans language. But first we need to know what the role of Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Afrikaans.
Afrikaans 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 | Afrikaans Prepositions |
| Prepositions | Voorsetsels |
| inside the house | binne in die huis |
| outside the car | buit die kar |
| with me | saam met my |
| without him | sonder hom |
| under the table | onder die tafel |
| after tomorrow | na môre |
| before sunset | voor sononder |
| but I'm busy | maar ek is besig |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Prepositions in Afrikaans has a logical pattern. Locate the Prepositions above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Afrikaans.
List of Prepositions in Afrikaans
Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Afrikaans placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Afrikaans vocabulary.
| English Prepositions | Afrikaans Prepositions |
| about | oor |
| above | hierbo |
| across | teenoor |
| after | na |
| against | teen |
| among | tussen |
| around | rondom |
| as | soos |
| at | by |
| before | voordat |
| behind | agter |
| below | onder |
| beneath | onder |
| beside | langs |
| between | tussen |
| beyond | buite |
| but | maar |
| by | deur |
| despite | ten spyte van |
| down | neer |
| during | gedurende |
| except | behalwe |
| for | vir |
| from | van |
| in | In |
| inside | binne |
| into | in |
| near | naby |
| next | volgende |
| of | van |
| on | op |
| opposite | teenoorgestelde |
| out | uit |
| outside | buite |
| over | oor |
| per | per |
| plus | plus |
| round | rondom |
| since | sedert |
| than | as |
| through | deur |
| till | tot |
| to | tot |
| toward | na |
| under | onder |
| unlike | in teenstelling met |
| until | totdat |
| up | op |
| via | deur |
| with | met |
| within | binnein |
| without | sonder |
| |
| two words | twee woorde |
| according to | volgens |
| because of | weens / omdat |
| close to | naby |
| due to | weens |
| except for | behalwe vir |
| far from | ver van |
| inside of | binnekant van |
| instead of | in plaas van |
| near to | naby aan |
| next to | langs aan |
| outside of | buite |
| prior to | voor |
| |
| three words | drie woorde |
| as far as | so ver as |
| as well as | sowel as |
| in addition to | benewens |
| in front of | voor |
| in spite of | ten spyte van |
| on behalf of | namens |
| on top of | bo op |
| |
| demonstrative pronouns | aanwijzend voorsetsels |
| this | hierdie |
| that | dit |
| these | hierdie |
| those | daai / daardie |
Time place and demonstrative pronouns have a very important role in Afrikaans, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Afrikaans Prepositions, you might want to check the rest of our Afrikaans lessons here: Learn Afrikaans. Don't forget to bookmark this page.