If you're trying to learn Irish Prepositions which is also called Gaelic, check our courses about time and place prepositions and and demonstrative pronouns... to help you with your Irish 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 Irish. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Irish Prepositions displayed below is vital to the language. Irish 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 | Irish Prepositions |
|---|---|
| Prepositions | Réamhfhocail |
| inside the house | istigh sa teach |
| outside the car | taobh amuigh den charr |
| with me | liom |
| without him | gan é |
| under the table | faoin mbord |
| after tomorrow | tar éis an lae amárach |
| before sunset | roimh luí na gréine |
| but I'm busy | ach tá mé gnóthach |
Notice the structure of the Prepositions in Irish.
Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Irish placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Irish vocabulary.
| English Prepositions | Irish Prepositions |
|---|---|
| about | about, at = um (about this time = um an dtaca seo) |
| above | thuas |
| across | ar fud na |
| after | tar éis |
| against | i gcoinne |
| among | i measc |
| around | thart ar |
| as | mar |
| at | ag |
| before | os comhair |
| behind | taobh thiar |
| below | thíos |
| beneath | faoi bhun |
| beside | in aice le |
| between | idir |
| beyond | thar |
| but | ach |
| by | ag |
| despite | in ainneoin |
| down | síos |
| during | i rith na |
| except | ach amháin |
| for | le haghaidh |
| from | ó |
| in | i |
| inside | laistigh |
| into | i |
| near | in aice le |
| next | seo chugainn |
| of | de |
| on | ar |
| opposite | os coinne |
| out | out of,from = as |
| outside | taobh amuigh den |
| over | os cionn |
| per | in aghaidh na |
| plus | móide |
| round | babhta |
| since | ó |
| than | ná |
| through | trí |
| till | go dtí ( till Spring = go dtí an tEarrach) |
| to | go |
| toward | i dtreo |
| under | faoi |
| unlike | murab ionann agus an |
| until | go dtí |
| up | suas |
| via | via |
| with | le |
| within | laistigh de |
| without | gan |
| two words | dhá fhocal |
| according to | de réir |
| because of | mar gheall ar |
| close to | gar do |
| due to | mar gheall ar |
| except for | seachas (ie.. seachas an madra = except for the dog) |
| far from | i bhfad ó |
| inside of | taobh istigh den |
| instead of | in ionad |
| near to | in aice le |
| next to | in aice le |
| outside of | taobh amuigh den |
| prior to | roimh |
| three words | trí fhocal |
| as far as | chomh fada agus is |
| as well as | chomh maith le |
| in addition to | sa bhreis ar |
| in front of | os comhair |
| in spite of | in ainneoin |
| on behalf of | ar son |
| on top of | ar bharr |
| demonstrative pronouns | réamhfhocail thaispeántach |
| this | seo |
| that | sin |
| these | na |
| those | siúd |
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