If you're trying to learn Pashto Prepositions which is also called Pashtu, check our courses about time and place prepositions and and demonstrative pronouns... to help you with your Pashto 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 Pashto. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Pashto 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 Pashto language. But first we need to know what the role of Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Pashto.
Pashto 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 | Pashto Prepositions |
|---|---|
| Prepositions | herwef adafh - حروف اضافه |
| inside the house | dekwer ph dakhel kṣ̌a - دکور په داخل کښی |
| outside the car | demwṭr nh bher - دموټر نه بهر |
| with me | lh ma serh - له ما سره |
| without him | b heghh - بې هغه |
| under the table | demaz laneda - دمیز لاندی |
| after tomorrow | seba nh werwesth - سبا نه وروسته |
| before sunset | delmer lewadelw nh wṛaneda - دلمر لویدلو نه وړاندی |
| but I'm busy | megr zh mesrewf am - مګر زه مصروف یم |
Notice the structure of the Prepositions in Pashto.
Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Pashto placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Pashto vocabulary.
| English Prepositions | Pashto Prepositions |
|---|---|
| about | ph aṛh - په اړه |
| above | pas - پاس |
| across | ph taradada - په تیریدادی |
| after | werwesth - وروسته |
| against | per ded - پر ضد |
| among | ph menz k - په منځ کې |
| around | ph shawekhewa k - په شاوخوا کې |
| as | d - د |
| at | ph - په |
| before | mekheka - مخکی |
| behind | ter sha - تر شا |
| below | lanedy - لاندي |
| beneath | lanedy - لاندي |
| beside | ter ceng - تر څنګ |
| between | ter menz - تر منځ |
| beyond | pewra ghaṛh - پوری غاړه |
| but | khew - خو |
| by | lh khewa - له خوا |
| despite | serh leda - سره لدی |
| down | laneda - لاندی |
| during | ph jeraan ka - په جریان کی |
| except | perth lh - پرته له |
| for | leparh - لپاره |
| from | lh - له |
| in | ph - په |
| inside | ph dennh k - په دننه کې |
| into | ph - په |
| near | nẓ̌da - نږدی |
| next | ratelwenk - راتلونكې |
| of | d - د |
| on | ph - په |
| opposite | ph wṛanedy - په وړاندي |
| out | bher - بهر |
| outside | nh bher - نه بهر |
| over | ph - په |
| per | ph - په |
| plus | jem' (awezaa kewl) - جمع (یوځای کول) |
| round | gerd - ګرد |
| since | lh heghh mhalh - له هغه مهاله |
| than | baa (werseth) - بیا (ورسته) |
| through | lh lar - له لارې |
| till | ter - تر |
| to | th - ته |
| toward | th - ته |
| under | laneda - لاندی |
| unlike | ph khelaf - په خلاف |
| until | ter heghh ch - تر هغه چې |
| up | pas - پاس |
| via | lh lar - له لارې |
| with | serh - سره |
| within | ph dennh k - په دننه کې |
| without | b - بې |
| two words | dewh kelm - دوه کلمې |
| according to | d weyna lh mekh - د وينا له مخې |
| because of | leda amelh chh - لدی امله چه |
| close to | th nẓ̌da - ته نږدی |
| due to | lh amelh - له امله |
| except for | perth lh - پرته له |
| far from | hakhewa - هاخوا |
| inside of | dennh - دننه |
| instead of | d hegh ph zaa - د هغې په ځاى |
| near to | nẓ̌dey - نږدي |
| next to | ceng th - څنګ ته |
| outside of | bher - بهر |
| prior to | wṛaned - وړاندې |
| three words | dera leghatewnh - دری لغاتونه |
| as far as | ter heghh zayh - تر هغه ځايه |
| as well as | aw hemdarengh - او همدارنګه |
| in addition to | ph hegh berserh d - په هغې برسېره د |
| in front of | ph wṛaned - په وړاندې |
| in spite of | deda nh 'elawh - ددی نه علاوه |
| on behalf of | ph asetazeytewb d - په استازيتوب د |
| on top of | ph ser d - په سر د |
| demonstrative prepositions | 'esharewa demaar - عشاروی ضمایر |
| this | da - دا |
| that | heghh - هغه |
| these | da (jem'e) - دا (جمع) |
| those | heghh (jem'e) - هغه (جمع) |
Time place and demonstrative pronouns have a very important role in Pashto. Once you're done with the Pashtu Prepositions, you might want to check the rest of our Pashto lessons here: Learn Pashto. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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