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Prepositions: introduction
Short overview of the most important prepositions
Prepositions of place
Prepositions of movement
Prepositions of time
1. Prepositions: introduction
Prepositions are short words which indicate a relation between different words in a sentence. This can be a relation of place (Where?), of direction (Where to?) and of time (When?)
Examples of prepositions:
Where? – Het glas staat op de tafel).=The glass is on the table.
Where to? – Zij fietsten van Parijs naar Lyon.=They cycled from Paris to Lyon.
When? – De school opent om 9 uur ‘s morgens.=The school opens at 9 am.
Unfortunately, learning prepositions is never an easy task. However, learning prepositions by means of an example sentence usually helps.
2. Short overview of the most important prepositions
Source: Grammaticawijzer ‘Dutch Grammar at a Glance’, IntertaaL.
3. Prepositions of place
On this image you can see a part of the Duolingo world. You can say something about the places of certain things, building, Duo and even the mountains. For example:
The Eiffeltower is in the valley – De Eiffeltoren staat in de vallei.
The Eiffeltower is next to the river – De Eiffeltoren staat naast de rivier.
The Atomium is between the bench and the mountain – Het Atomium staat tussen het bankje en de berg (in).
Duo the owl is opposite the Antomium – Duo de uil staat tegenover het Antomium.
The Brandenburger Tor is at the foot of the mountain – De Brandenburger Tor staat aan de voet van de berg.
Duo de owl is on the top of the mountain – Duo de uil staat bovenop de berg.
The bench is in front of the Atomium – Het bankje staat voor het Atomium.
The mountain is behind the Atomium – De berg is achter het Atomium.
There is nobody on the grass – Er staat niemand op het gras.
Duo the owl is near the flying lingots – Duo de uil is dichtbij/vlakbij de vliegende lingots.
The lingots are flying above the mountain – De lingots vliegen boven de berg
The lanscape is below the sky – Het landschap ligt onder de lucht.
The most important prepositions of place are:
4. Prepositions of movement
The table below includes an overview of the prepositions of movement:
5. Prepositions of time
There are two types of prepositions for denoting a relation in time. There are the prepositions which indicate an established time (think of hours, days, months, years or parts thereof) and prepositions which indicate a period instead.
At an established time
During a period of time
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Prepositions visualized by means of images
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