If you're trying to learn Scottish Prepositions which is also called Scots, check our courses about time and place prepositions and and demonstrative pronouns... to help you with your Scottish 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 Scottish. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Scottish 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 Scottish language. But first we need to know what the role of Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Scottish.
Scottish 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 | Scottish Prepositions |
|---|---|
| Prepositions | prepositions |
| inside the house | inside th' hoose |
| outside the car | ootwith th' motur |
| with me | wi' me |
| without him | withit heem |
| under the table | under th' table |
| after tomorrow | efter tha' moorns nicht |
| before sunset | afair sunsit |
| but I'm busy | but aam thrang |
Notice the structure of the Prepositions in Scottish.
Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Scottish placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Scottish vocabulary.
| English Prepositions | Scottish Prepositions |
|---|---|
| about | abit |
| above | abune |
| across | athwart |
| after | efter |
| against | against |
| among | amang |
| around | aroond |
| as | as |
| at | at |
| before | afair |
| behind | behin' |
| below | belaw |
| beneath | beneath |
| beside | beside |
| between | atween |
| beyond | beyond |
| but | but |
| by | by |
| despite | despite |
| down | doon |
| during | durin' |
| except | except |
| for | fur |
| from | frae |
| in | in |
| inside | inside |
| into | intae |
| near | near |
| next | next |
| of | ay |
| on | oan |
| opposite | opposite |
| out | it |
| outside | ootwith |
| over | ower |
| per | per |
| plus | plus |
| round | roon |
| since | since |
| than | than |
| through | ben |
| till | till |
| to | tae |
| toward | toward |
| under | under |
| unlike | unlike |
| until | until |
| up | up |
| via | via |
| with | wi' |
| within | within |
| without | withit |
| two words | tois words |
| according to | accordin' tae |
| because of | coz ay |
| close to | close tae |
| due to | due tae |
| except for | except fur |
| far from | far frae |
| inside of | inside ay |
| instead of | insteid ay |
| near to | near tae |
| next to | next tae |
| outside of | ootwith ay |
| prior to | priur tae |
| three words | thee words |
| as far as | as far as |
| as well as | an aw as |
| in addition to | in addition tae |
| in front of | in front ay |
| in spite of | in spite ay |
| on behalf of | oan behalf ay |
| on top of | oan top ay |
| demonstratives | demonstratife prepositions |
| this | thes |
| that | 'at |
| these | these |
| those | those |
Time place and demonstrative pronouns have a very important role in Scottish. Once you're done with the Scots Prepositions, you might want to check the rest of our Scottish lessons here: Learn Scottish. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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