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Learning the Yiddish Prepositions displayed below is vital to the language. Yiddish 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 | Yiddish Prepositions |
|---|---|
| Prepositions | פּרעפּאָסיטיאָנס |
| inside the house | ין דעם הויז |
| outside the car | אַרויס די מאַשין |
| with me | מיט מיר |
| without him | אָן אים |
| under the table | אונטער דעם טיש |
| after tomorrow | נאָך מאָרגן |
| before sunset | איידער זונ - ונטערגאַנג |
| but I'm busy | אָבער איך בין פאַרנומען |
Notice the structure of the Prepositions in Yiddish.
Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Yiddish placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Yiddish vocabulary.
| English Prepositions | Yiddish Prepositions |
|---|---|
| about | וועגן |
| above | העכער |
| across | אַריבער |
| after | נאָך |
| against | קעגן |
| among | צווישן |
| around | אַרום |
| as | ווי |
| at | בייַ |
| before | פריער |
| behind | הינטער |
| below | ונטן |
| beneath | ונטער |
| beside | בייַ |
| between | צווישן |
| beyond | ווייַטער פון |
| but | אָבער |
| by | דורך |
| despite | טראָץ |
| down | אַראָפּ |
| during | בעשאַס |
| except | ויסער |
| for | פֿאַר |
| from | פון |
| in | אין |
| inside | ין |
| into | אַרייַן |
| near | לעבן |
| next | קומענדיק |
| of | פון |
| on | אויף |
| opposite | פאַרקערט |
| out | אַרויס |
| outside | אַרויס |
| over | איבער |
| per | פּער |
| plus | פּלוס |
| round | קייַלעכיק |
| since | זינט |
| than | ווי |
| through | דורך |
| till | ביז |
| to | צו |
| toward | צו |
| under | ונטער |
| unlike | ניט ענלעך |
| until | ביז |
| up | אַרויף |
| via | דורך |
| with | מיט |
| within | ין |
| without | אָן |
| two words | צוויי ווערטער |
| according to | לויט |
| because of | צוליב |
| close to | נאָענט צו |
| due to | רעכט צו |
| except for | אַחוץ פֿאַר |
| far from | ווייַט פון |
| inside of | ין פון |
| instead of | אָנשטאָט |
| near to | לעבן צו |
| next to | לעבן |
| outside of | אַרויס פון |
| prior to | פריערדיק צו |
| three words | דרייַ ווערטער |
| as far as | ווי ווייַט ווי |
| as well as | ווי גוט ווי |
| in addition to | אין אַדישאַן צו |
| in front of | אין פראָנט פון |
| in spite of | אַפילע |
| on behalf of | אויף ביכאַף פון |
| on top of | אויף שפּיץ פון |
| demonstratives | דעמאָנסטראַטיווע פּרעפּאָסיטיאָנס |
| this | דעם |
| that | אַז |
| these | די |
| those | יענע |
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