If you're trying to learn Icelandic Prepositions you will find some useful resources including a course about time and place prepositions and and demonstrative pronouns... to help you with your Icelandic grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Icelandic. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Icelandic Prepositions displayed below is vital to the language. Icelandic 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 | Icelandic Prepositions |
|---|---|
| Prepositions | forsetningar |
| inside the house | inni í húsinu |
| outside the car | fyrir utan bílinn |
| with me | með mér |
| without him | án hans |
| under the table | undir borðinu |
| after tomorrow | ekki á morgun heldur hinn |
| before sunset | fyrir sólarlag |
| but I'm busy | en ég er upptekinn |
Notice the structure of the Prepositions in Icelandic.
Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Icelandic placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Icelandic vocabulary.
| English Prepositions | Icelandic Prepositions |
|---|---|
| about | um |
| above | ofan |
| across | yfir |
| after | eftir |
| against | gegn |
| among | á meðal |
| around | í kring um |
| as | eins |
| at | á |
| before | áður en |
| behind | á bak við |
| below | fyrir neðan |
| beneath | fyrir neðan |
| beside | við hliðina á |
| between | á milli |
| beyond | handan við |
| but | en |
| by | eftir |
| despite | þrátt fyrir |
| down | niður |
| during | á meðan |
| except | nema |
| for | fyrir |
| from | frá |
| in | í |
| inside | inni í |
| into | inn í |
| near | nálægt |
| next | Næsta |
| of | af |
| on | á |
| opposite | gagnstætt |
| out | út |
| outside | úti |
| over | yfir |
| per | hvert |
| plus | auk |
| round | umhverfis |
| since | síðan |
| than | heldur en |
| through | í gegnum |
| till | uns |
| to | til |
| toward | til |
| under | undir |
| unlike | ólíkt |
| until | þangað til |
| up | upp |
| via | um |
| with | með |
| within | innan |
| without | án |
| two words | tvö orð |
| according to | samkvæmt |
| because of | vegna |
| close to | nálægt |
| due to | vegna |
| except for | nema |
| far from | fjarri |
| inside of | inni í |
| instead of | í stað |
| near to | nálægt |
| next to | við hliðina á |
| outside of | fyrir utan |
| prior to | áður en |
| three words | þrjú orð |
| as far as | eins langt og |
| as well as | auk |
| in addition to | auk þess sem |
| in front of | fyrir framan |
| in spite of | þrátt fyrir |
| on behalf of | fyrir hönd |
| on top of | ofan á |
| demonstrative pronouns | forsetningar |
| this | þetta |
| that | þetta/það |
| these | þessi/þessir/þessar |
| those | þessa |
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