If you're trying to learn Cantonese Prepositions you will find some useful resources including a course about time and place prepositions and and demonstrative pronouns... to help you with your Cantonese 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 Cantonese. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Cantonese 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 Cantonese language. But first we need to know what the role of Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Cantonese.
Cantonese 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 | Cantonese Prepositions |
|---|---|
| Prepositions | 介詞 |
| inside the house | 在房子裏面 |
| outside the car | 在車外面 |
| with me | 和我一起 |
| without him | 沒有他 |
| under the table | 在桌子下面 |
| after tomorrow | 明天之後 |
| before sunset | 夕陽之前 |
| but I'm busy | 但是我很忙碌 |
Notice the structure of the Prepositions in Cantonese.
Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Cantonese placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Cantonese vocabulary.
| English Prepositions | Cantonese Prepositions |
|---|---|
| about | 約 |
| above | 上面 |
| across | 橫跨 |
| after | 後 |
| against | 對 |
| among | 之間 |
| around | 附近 |
| as | 因為 |
| at | 在 |
| before | 之前 |
| behind | 之後 |
| below | 下面 |
| beneath | 下面 |
| beside | 旁邊 |
| between | 之間 |
| beyond | 之外 |
| but | 但是 |
| by | 旁邊 |
| despite | 儘管 |
| down | 下 |
| during | 在...的整個期間 |
| except | 除了 |
| for | 為 |
| from | 由 |
| in | 在 |
| inside | 入面 |
| into | 入去 |
| near | 附近 |
| next | 旁邊 |
| of | 的 |
| on | 在 |
| opposite | 對面 |
| out | 外 |
| outside | 外面 |
| over | 上面 |
| per | 經 |
| plus | 加 |
| round | 圍繞 |
| since | 因為 |
| than | 比 |
| through | 穿過 |
| till | 直至 |
| to | 去 |
| toward | 去 |
| under | 下面 |
| unlike | 不同 |
| until | 直至 |
| up | 上 |
| via | 經過 |
| with | 一同 |
| within | 入面 |
| without | 沒有 |
| two words | 兩個字 |
| according to | 根據 |
| because of | 由於 |
| close to | 接近 |
| due to | 由於 |
| except for | 除了 |
| far from | 很遠 |
| inside of | 入面 |
| instead of | 替代 |
| near to | 接近 |
| next to | 附近 |
| outside of | 在外面 |
| prior to | 在… 之前 |
| three words | 三個字 |
| as far as | 跟…一様遠 |
| as well as | 跟…一様好 |
| in addition to | 另外 |
| in front of | 在…之前 |
| in spite of | 除了 |
| on behalf of | 代表 |
| on top of | 在…之上 |
| demonstrative pronouns | 表達性的介詞 |
| this | 這個 |
| that | 那個 |
| these | 這些 |
| those | 那些 |
Time place and demonstrative pronouns have a very important role in Cantonese. Once you're done with the Yue Prepositions, you might want to check the rest of our Cantonese lessons here: Learn Cantonese. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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