Lesson 13 - Prepositions

Prepositions

A preposition is a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word. Put simply, they are placed in front of nouns in order to indicate a relationship between nouns and the verbs, adjectives, adverbs and nouns that come after it.


E.g. Mété poulé-a asou yon zasyèt. – Put the chicken on a plate.



In the above sentence the preposition used is asou which means on was placed between two nouns it also appears between a noun and a verb linking the two parts of the sentence.



The noun that follows the preposition can be replaced by an object pronoun.


E.g Bonbon-an ka gouté bon dapwè mwen. – The cake tastes good (according) to me.


The following list contains prepositions used in Creole.

Creole	English	French
a	at, on, to	à
asé pou	as to, with regard to	à propos de
asou, lasou, asi	on	sur
anwò	above, up	en haut
anlè	on, atop, over	en l’air
anmitan	in the middle	en mitan
anba	under, down, below	en bas
andji	instead of, rather than	en guise de
anfas	facing, across from	en face de
atwavè	across	à travers
anvè	towards	envers
alantou, lantou	around, about	alentour
apwè	after	après
avan	before	avant
andidan	inside	en dedans
ant	between	entre
apami, pami	among	parmi
bò	by	au bord de
dan	within	dans
dapwè	according to [someone], to	d’après
déwò	outside of	dehors
dèyè	behind	derrière
dépi	since	dépuis
douvan	in front of	devant
di	of	de
disi	from here	d’ici
diwan, diwan tan	while, during	durant, pendant
épi	with	et puis
èvè, avèk	with	avec
pa	through, by [something]	par
pwè	near to	près de
pwè disi	near here	près d’ici
hòd	from, away from	hors de
jis, jik, jis tan	until	jusque
jis la, jik la	until then	jusque là
jous	up to	jusque
lòtbò	beyond	à l’autre bord de
malgwé	in spite of	malgré
pandan	during	pendant
pou	for	pour
san	without	sans
sòv	save, except for	sauf
silon	according to [someone]	selon
swivan	in accordance with, following	suivant