Indonesian Prepositions
Learning the Indonesian 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 Indonesian language. But first we need to know what the role of Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Indonesian.
Indonesian 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 | Indonesian Prepositions |
| Prepositions | Preposisi |
| inside the house | dalam rumah |
| outside the car | di luar mobil |
| with me | dengan saya |
| without him | tanpa dia |
| under the table | di bawah meja |
| after tomorrow | setelah besok |
| before sunset | sebelum matahari terbenam |
| but I'm busy | tapi aku sibuk |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Prepositions in Indonesian has a logical pattern. Locate the Prepositions above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Bahasa Indonesia.
List of Prepositions in Indonesian
Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Indonesian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Indonesian vocabulary.
| English Prepositions | Indonesian Prepositions |
| about | tentang |
| above | atas |
| across | seluruh |
| after | setelah |
| against | terhadap |
| among | antara |
| around | sekitar |
| as | sebagai |
| at | di |
| before | sebelum |
| behind | di belakang |
| below | di bawah |
| beneath | di bawah |
| beside | di samping |
| between | antara |
| beyond | luar |
| but | tapi |
| by | oleh |
| despite | meskipun |
| down | ke bawah |
| during | selama |
| except | kecuali |
| for | untuk |
| from | dari |
| in | di |
| inside | dalam |
| into | ke |
| near | dekat |
| next | berikutnya |
| of | dari |
| on | pada |
| opposite | seberang |
| out | ke luar |
| outside | di luar |
| over | atas |
| per | per |
| plus | plus |
| round | bulat |
| since | sejak |
| than | dari |
| through | melalui |
| till | sampai |
| to | untuk |
| toward | terhadap |
| under | bawah |
| unlike | tidak seperti |
| until | sampai |
| up | ke atas |
| via | melalui |
| with | dengan |
| within | dalam |
| without | tanpa |
| |
| two words | dua kata |
| according to | menurut |
| because of | karena |
| close to | dekat |
| due to | disebabkan oleh |
| except for | kecuali |
| far from | jauh dari |
| inside of | dalam |
| instead of | daripada |
| near to | dekat |
| next to | sebelah |
| outside of | di luar |
| prior to | sebelum |
| |
| three words | tiga kata |
| as far as | sejauh |
| as well as | maupun |
| in addition to | sebagai tambahan pada |
| in front of | di depan |
| in spite of | meskipun |
| on behalf of | atas nama |
| on top of | di puncak |
| |
| demonstratives | demonstratif preposisi |
| this | ini |
| that | itu |
| these | ini |
| those | itu |
Time place and demonstrative pronouns have a very important role in Indonesian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Bahasa Indonesia Prepositions, you might want to check the rest of our Indonesian lessons here: Learn Indonesian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.