Dal'qörian prepositions

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Prepositions are used with nouns and pronouns to show time, place or method, usually followed by the accusative case, and some can also be used as conjunctions:

• I am waiting for her.

• You go along the street, turn left and the bank is opposite the chemist on the corner.

• I’ve got nothing against him/her/them.

There are many prepositions and prepositional phrases but here are a few of the most widely used:

• above-viténi

• according to-tedi facöjä

• after (something has finished)-näø

• after (follow behind)-retƒac

• against (the wall etc)-qöplamáriÞ

• against (opposed to)-stæcamä

• along with-máriÞenga

• along, along side-enga

• among/amongst-amést

• apart from-repárä

• at, at the-andri

• behind-øatni

• between-telemná

• contrary to-néƒaracte

• down-stæviti

• due to-giráte

• except for-qiöcra

• for, for the-öcra

• from, out of-vön

• in accordance with-amquarödn máriÞ

• in addition to-amplös

• in aid of-amégra

• in common with-équáliÞ

• in contact with-amvehénas

• in exchange for-amqvédas

• in front of/before-vonéri

• in lieu of-tisdæd

• in line with-amnéla máriÞ

• in need of-amqveboqu

• in relation to-am diötráte

• in/inside/into-am/amni/amte

• instead of-tisdéd

• next-von

• next to/beside-neƒrædn

• of-qve

• on behalf of-öcra + noun or acc

• on, onto, on top of-tevon

• on the strength of-tevoncöla

• opposite-stæni

• out/out of-amø

• outside-amøni

• over/about the-rödn

• over/about it-tiÞrödn (English speakers find this amusing since Þ followed by an r is pronounced almost like a t)

• prior to-vonéri

• regardless of-inspétra

• since-sintra

• than-nas

• thanks to-tecenáÞrin

• through (motion/time)-dörac

• through, because of-qöri

• to, to the-te

• towards/in the direction of-tevehicamä

• under/below-gerödn

• until, as far as-veritöva

• until (denoting time)-lintöni

• up-viti

• with-máriÞ

• with it-mátiÞ

• with...in mind-ma...amcönérämös

• without-öna

• with that-mátaÞ

Alternative uses and differences

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