If you're trying to learn Korean Prepositions you will find some useful resources including a course about time and place prepositions and and demonstrative pronouns... to help you with your Korean 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 Korean. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Korean 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 Korean language. But first we need to know what the role of Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Korean.
Korean 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 | Korean Prepositions |
|---|---|
| Prepositions | 전치사 - jeon chi sa |
| inside the house | 집안 - jib an |
| outside the car | 차 밖에서 - cha bakk e seo |
| with me | 나와 함께 - na wa ham kke |
| without him | 그없이 - geu eops i |
| under the table | 테이블 아래에 - te i beur a rae e |
| after tomorrow | 내일이 지나면 - nae ir i ji na myeon |
| before sunset | 일몰 전에/해지기 전에 - il mor jeon e hae ji gi jeon e |
| but I'm busy | 하지만 나는 바뻐요 - ha ji man na neun ba ppeo yo |
Notice the structure of the Prepositions in Korean.
Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Korean placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Korean vocabulary.
| English Prepositions | Korean Prepositions |
|---|---|
| about | ~에 대한/~에 관한 - e dae han e gwan han |
| above | ~보다 위에/~보다 많은 - bo da wi e bo da manh eun |
| across | 건너서/가로질러 - geon neo seo ga ro jil leo |
| after | 뒤에/후에 - dwi e hu e |
| against | ~반대하여/대조적으로 - ban dae ha yeo dae jo jeog eu ro |
| among | ~가운데/사이에 - ga un de sa i e |
| around | 주위에 - ju wi e |
| as | ~처럼/~로써 - cheo reom ro sseo |
| at | ~으로/~에 - eu ro e |
| before | 전에/앞에 - jeon e ap e |
| behind | 뒤에/뒤떨어져 - dwi e dwi tteor eo jyeo |
| below | ~보다 아래에 - bo da a rae e |
| beneath | 아래에/밑에 - a rae e mit e |
| beside | 옆에 - yeop e |
| between | 사이에 - sa i e |
| beyond | 저편에/너머 - jeo pyeon e neo meo |
| but | 그러나/하지만 - geu reo na ha ji man |
| by | ~로써/에 의해 - ro sseo e ui hae |
| despite | 에도 불구하고 - e do bul gu ha go |
| down | 아래로 - a rae ro |
| during | 동안 - dong an |
| except | 제외하고 - je oe ha go |
| for | 를 위해/~의 - reur wi hae ui |
| from | 부터 - bu teo |
| in | ~에/~에서 - e e seo |
| inside | 안/내부에 - an nae bu e |
| into | ~으로 - eu ro |
| near | 에서 가까이/약 - e seo ga kka i yak |
| next | 다음 - da eum |
| of | ~의 - ui |
| on | (위)에 - wi e |
| opposite | 맞은편에 - maj eun pyeon e |
| out | 바깥쪽에/~에서 멀리 - ba kkat jjog e e seo meol li |
| outside | 겉에/외부에 - geot e oe bu e |
| over | 위에 - wi e |
| per | 각/~에 대하여/~당 - gag e dae ha yeo dang |
| plus | 더하기/또한 - deo ha gi tto han |
| round | ~을 돌아/~을 빙 돌아 - eur dor a eur bing dor a |
| since | 이후/이래 - i hu i rae |
| than | 보다 - bo da |
| through | 를 통해 - reur tong hae |
| till | ~까지 - kka ji |
| to | 에 - e |
| toward | 향하여 - hyang ha yeo |
| under | 아래에 - a rae e |
| unlike | ~와 다른/~와 달리 - wa da reun wa dal li |
| until | 까지 - kka ji |
| up | 위로/위쪽으로 - wi ro wi jjog eu ro |
| via | 경우하여/통해 - gyeong u ha yeo tong hae |
| with | ~와 함께/~로 - wa ham kke ro |
| within | 이내에/안에 - i nae e an e |
| without | 없이 - eops i |
| two words | 두 단어 - du dan eo |
| according to | ~에 따라 - e tta ra |
| because of | ~때문에 - ttae mun e |
| close to | 아주 가까이에서 - a ju ga kka i e seo |
| due to | ~때문에 - ttae mun e |
| except for | ~을 제외하고/~이 없으면 - eur je oe ha go i eops eu myeon |
| far from | ~멀리/~와 거리가 먼 - meol li wa geo ri ga meon |
| inside of | ~안에/~내부에 - an e nae bu e |
| instead of | ~대신 - dae sin |
| near to | ~에 가까운/거의~한 - e ga kka un geo ui han |
| next to | 바로옆에/다음에 - ba ro yeop e da eum e |
| outside of | ~바깥쪽에/~의 밖에 - ba kkat jjog e ui bakk e |
| prior to | ~에 앞서/먼저 - e ap seo meon jeo |
| three words | 세 단어 - se dan eo |
| as far as | ~까지 - kka ji |
| as well as | 마찬가지로/게다가 - ma chan ga ji ro ge da ga |
| in addition to | ~일 뿐 아니라 - ir ppun a ni ra |
| in front of | ~의 앞쪽에(앞에) - ui ap jjog e ap e |
| in spite of | ...에도 불구하고 - e do bul gu ha go |
| on behalf of | ~대신(대표)하여 - dae sin dae pyo ha yeo |
| on top of | ~위에 - wi e |
| demonstratives | 지시 전치사 - ji si jeon chi sa |
| this | 이것 - i geot |
| that | 그것 - geu geot |
| these | 이것들 - i geot deul |
| those | 그것들 - geu geot deul |
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