If you're trying to learn Maltese Prepositions which is also called Malti, check our courses about time and place prepositions and and demonstrative pronouns... to help you with your Maltese 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 Maltese. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Maltese Prepositions displayed below is vital to the language. Maltese 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 | Maltese Prepositions |
|---|---|
| Prepositions | Prepożizzjonijiet |
| inside the house | ġewwa d-dar |
| outside the car | barra l-karozza |
| with me | miegħi |
| without him | mingħajru |
| under the table | taħt il-mejda |
| after tomorrow | wara għada |
| before sunset | qabel inżul ix-xemx |
| but I'm busy | imma jien għandi x'nagħmel |
Notice the structure of the Prepositions in Maltese.
Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Maltese placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Maltese vocabulary.
| English Prepositions | Maltese Prepositions |
|---|---|
| about | dwar |
| above | fuq |
| across | minn naħa għal oħra |
| after | wara |
| against | kontra |
| among | fost |
| around | madwar |
| as | kif |
| at | fi |
| before | qabel |
| behind | wara |
| below | taħt |
| beneath | taħt |
| beside | ħdejn |
| between | bejn |
| beyond | lil hinn |
| but | imma |
| by | minn |
| despite | minkejja |
| down | isfel |
| during | matul |
| except | ħlief |
| for | għall- / għal |
| from | minn |
| in | fi |
| inside | ġewwa |
| into | fi |
| near | qrib |
| next | ħdejn |
| of | ta' |
| on | fuq |
| opposite | oppost (masc.) / opposta (fem.) / opposti (Pl.) |
| out | barra |
| outside | barra |
| over | fuq |
| per | kull |
| plus | flimkien ma' |
| round | tond |
| since | peress |
| than | minn |
| through | permezz |
| till | sa |
| to | lejn / għall- / għal |
| toward | lejn |
| under | taħt |
| unlike | differenti |
| until | sakemm |
| up | sa |
| via | permezz |
| with | ma' / bi |
| within | fi |
| without | mingħajr |
| two words | żewġ kelmiet |
| according to | skont |
| because of | minħabba |
| close to | qrib |
| due to | minħabba |
| except for | ħlief għall- / ħlief għal |
| far from | bogħod minn |
| inside of | ġo |
| instead of | minflok |
| near to | qrib |
| next to | ħdejn |
| outside of | barra |
| prior to | qabel |
| three words | tliet kelmiet |
| as far as | sa fejn |
| as well as | kif ukoll |
| in addition to | flimkien ma' |
| in front of | quddiem |
| in spite of | minkejja |
| on behalf of | f'isem |
| on top of | fuq |
| demonstrative pronouns | prepożizzjonijiet dimostrattivi |
| this | dan |
| that | dak |
| these | dawn |
| those | dawk |
Time place and demonstrative pronouns have a very important role in Maltese. Once you're done with the Malti Prepositions, you might want to check the rest of our Maltese lessons here: Learn Maltese. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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