Hungarian Prepositions

Learning the Hungarian Prepositions is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Hungarian language. But first we need to know what the role of Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Hungarian. Hungarian 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
P re p ositions

Hungarian Prepositions
Elljrszk

insid e the house

hzban

outsid e the ca r

autn kvl

with me

velem

without him

nlkle

und e r the ta b le

asztal alatt

a fte r tomorrow

holnaputn

b e fore sunse t

naplemente eltt

b ut I' m b usy

de el vagyok foglalva

As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Prepositions in Hungarian has a logical pattern. Locate the Prepositions above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Hungarian.

List of Prepositions in Hungarian

Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Hungarian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Hungarian vocabulary.

English Prepositions
a b out

Hungarian Prepositions
krlbell

a b ove

felett

a cross

a fte r

utn

a ga inst

ellen

a mong

kztt

a round

krl

as

mint

at

-nl/-nl

b e fore

eltt

b e hind

mgtt

b e low

alatt

b e ne a th

alatt

b e sid e

mellett

b e twe e n

kztt

b e yond

tl

b ut

de

by

ltal

d e sp ite

annak ellenre

d own

lefel

d uring

alatt

e xce p t

kivve

for

from

in

insid e

bels

into

ne a r

kzel

ne xt

kvetkez

of

on

op p osite

szemben

out

ki

outsid e

kvl

ove r

per

per

p lus

plusz

round

kerek

since

ta

tha n

mint

through

keresztl

till

to

towa rd

fel

und e r

alatt

unlike

szemben

until

up

fel

via

keresztl

with

-val/-vel

within

bell

without

nlkl

two word s

kt szt

a ccord ing to

szerint

b e ca use of

miatt

close to

kzel

d ue to

kvetkeztben

e xce p t for

kivve

fa r from

messze

insid e of

bell

inste a d of

helyett

ne a r to

kzel

ne xt to

mellett

outsid e of

kvl

p rior to

megelzen

thre e word s

Hrom sz

a s fa r a s

amennyire

a s we ll a s

valamint

in a d d ition to

mellett

in front of

eltt

in sp ite of

ellenre

on b e ha lf of

nevben

on top of

A tetejre

d e monstra tive p ronouns

demonstratv elljrszk

this

ez

tha t

az

the se

ezek

those

azok