Greek Prepositions
Learning the Greek 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 Greek language. But first we need to know what the role of Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Greek.
Greek 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 | Greek Prepositions |
| Prepositions | Prothesewn - Προθέσεων |
| inside the house | mesa sto spiti - μέσα στο σπίτι |
| outside the car | eksw apo to aftokinhto - έξω από το αυτοκίνητο |
| with me | mazi mou - μαζί μου |
| without him | xwris afton - χωρίς αυτον |
| under the table | katw apo to trapezi - κάτω από το τραπέζι |
| after tomorrow | methayrio - μεθαύριο |
| before sunset | prin to hliovasilema - πριν το ηλιοβασίλεμα |
| but I'm busy | alla eimai apasxolhmenos - αλλά είμαι απασχολημένος |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Prepositions in Greek has a logical pattern. Locate the Prepositions above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Greek.
List of Prepositions in Greek
Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Greek placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Greek vocabulary.
| English Prepositions | Greek Prepositions |
| about | peripou - περίπου |
| above | anw - άνω |
| across | apenanti - απέναντι |
| after | meta - μετά |
| against | kata - κατά |
| among | metaksy twn - μεταξύ των |
| around | gyrw - γύρω |
| as | ws - ως |
| at | sto - στο |
| before | protoy - προτού |
| behind | pisw - πίσω |
| below | parakatw - παρακάτω |
| beneath | katw apo - κάτω από |
| beside | dipla - δίπλα |
| between | metaksy - μεταξύ |
| beyond | pera - πέρα |
| but | alla - αλλά |
| by | me - με |
| despite | para - παρά |
| down | katw - κάτω |
| during | kata th diarkeia ths - κατά τη διάρκεια της |
| except | ektos - εκτός |
| for | gia - για |
| from | apo - από |
| in | se - σε |
| inside | entos - εντός |
| into | se - σε |
| near | konta - κοντά |
| next | epomenh - επόμενη |
| of | tou - του |
| on | epi - επί |
| opposite | apenanti - απέναντι |
| out | eksw - έξω |
| outside | ektos - εκτός |
| over | epi - επί |
| per | ana - ανά |
| plus | syn - συν |
| round | gyros - γύρος |
| since | apo - από |
| than | apo - από |
| through | esw - έσω |
| till | ews - έως |
| to | na - να |
| toward | pros - προς |
| under | ypo - υπό |
| unlike | se antithesh me - σε αντίθεση με |
| until | mexri - μέχρι |
| up | epanw - επάνω |
| via | mesw - μέσω |
| with | me - με |
| within | entos - εντός |
| without | xwris - χωρίς |
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| two words | dyo lekseis - δύο λέξεις |
| according to | symfwna me - σύμφωνα με |
| because of | eksaitias - εξαιτίας |
| close to | konta sto - κοντά στο |
| due to | logw - λόγω |
| except for | ektos apo ta - εκτός από τα |
| far from | makria apo - μακριά από |
| inside of | mesa sto - μεσα στο |
| instead of | anti tou - αντί του |
| near to | konta sto - κοντά στο |
| next to | dipla se - δίπλα σε |
| outside of | ektos tou - εκτός του |
| prior to | prin apo - πριν από |
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| three words | treis lekseis - τρεις λέξεις |
| as far as | sto metro tou - στο μέτρο του |
| as well as | kathws kai - καθώς και |
| in addition to | epipleon - επιπλέον |
| in front of | brosta apo - μπροστά από |
| in spite of | para - παρά |
| on behalf of | eks onomatos ths - εξ ονόματος της |
| on top of | epiprosthetws - επιπροσθέτως |
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| demonstrative pronouns | deiktikh prothesewn - δεικτική προθέσεων |
| this | afto - αυτό |
| that | oti - ότι |
| these | aftes - αυτές |
| those | ekeines - εκείνες |
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