Macedonian Prepositions
Learning the Macedonian 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 Macedonian language. But first we need to know what the role of Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Macedonian.
Macedonian 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 | Macedonian Prepositions |
| Prepositions | Predlozi - Предлози |
| inside the house | vnatre vo kuќa - внатре во куќа |
| outside the car | nadvor od voziloto - надвор од возилото |
| with me | so mene - со мене |
| without him | bez nego - без него |
| under the table | pod masata - под масата |
| after tomorrow | zadutre - задутре |
| before sunset | pred zaјdisonce - пред зајдисонце |
| but I'm busy | no јas sum zafaten - но јас сум зафатен |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Prepositions in Macedonian has a logical pattern. Locate the Prepositions above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Macedonian.
List of Prepositions in Macedonian
Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Macedonian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Macedonian vocabulary.
| English Prepositions | Macedonian Prepositions |
| about | za - за |
| above | nad - над |
| across | preku - преку |
| after | po - по |
| against | protiv - против |
| among | meѓu - меѓу |
| around | okolu - околу |
| as | kako - како |
| at | na - на |
| before | pred - пред |
| behind | zad - зад |
| below | pod - под |
| beneath | pod - под |
| beside | do - до |
| between | meѓu - меѓу |
| beyond | nadvor od - надвор од |
| but | no - но |
| by | pokraј - покрај |
| despite | i pokraј - и покрај |
| down | dolu - долу |
| during | za vreme na - за време на |
| except | osven - освен |
| for | za - за |
| from | od - од |
| in | vo - во |
| inside | vnatre - внатре |
| into | vo - во |
| near | vo blizina na - во близина на |
| next | slednata - следната |
| of | na - на |
| on | na - на |
| opposite | sprotivnata - спротивната |
| out | od - од |
| outside | nadvor od - надвор од |
| over | nad - над |
| per | po - по |
| plus | plus - плус |
| round | krug - круг |
| since | od - од |
| than | od - од |
| through | preku - преку |
| till | do - до |
| to | do - до |
| toward | kon - кон |
| under | pod - под |
| unlike | za razlika od - за разлика од |
| until | do - до |
| up | gore - горе |
| via | preku - преку |
| with | so - со |
| within | vo ramki na - во рамки на |
| without | bez - без |
| |
| two words | dva zbora - два збора |
| according to | spored - според |
| because of | poradi - поради |
| close to | blisku do - блиску до |
| due to | poradi - поради |
| except for | osven za - освен за |
| far from | daleku od - далеку од |
| inside of | vnatre6nosta na - внатрешноста на |
| instead of | namesto - наместо |
| near to | blizina na - близина на |
| next to | do - до |
| outside of | nadvor od - надвор од |
| prior to | pred - пред |
| |
| three words | tri zborovi - три зборови |
| as far as | kolku 6to e - колку што е |
| as well as | kako i - како и |
| in addition to | vo dopolnenie na - во дополнение на |
| in front of | pred - пред |
| in spite of | i pokraј - и покрај |
| on behalf of | vo ime na - во име на |
| on top of | na vrvot na - на врвот на |
| |
| demonstrative pronouns | pokazni zamenki - показни заменки |
| this | ova - ова |
| that | ona - она |
| these | ovie - овие |
| those | onie - оние |
Time place and demonstrative pronouns have a very important role in Macedonian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Macedonian Prepositions, you might want to check the rest of our Macedonian lessons here: Learn Macedonian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.