Korean is a different language than English with lots of pre and post prepositions and most of the words of English do not directly translate to its meaning in Korean.
Try understanding the nuances of the Korean preposition based on the context of the Korean sentences rather than directly translating it to English since in most cases in Korean language uses 'post-position'.
Today we are looking at the list of Korean prepositions :-
No. | Korean Prepositions | English Meaning |
|---|---|---|
1 | ~에 대한/~에 관한 | About |
2 | ~보다 위에/~보다 많은 | Above |
3 | 건너서/가로질러 | Across |
4 | 뒤에/후에 | After |
5 | ~반대하여/대조적으로 | Against |
6 | ~가운데/사이에 | Against |
7 | 주위에 | Around |
8 | ~처럼/~로써 | As |
9 | ~으로/~에 | At |
10 | 전에/앞에 | Before |
11 | 뒤에/뒤떨어져 | Behind |
12 | ~보다 아래에 | Below |
13 | 아래에/밑에 | Beneath |
14 | 옆에 | Beside |
15 | 사이에 | Between |
16 | 저편에/너머 | Beyond |
17 | 그러나/하지만 | But |
18 | ~로써/에 의해 | By |
19 | 에도 불구하고 | Despite |
20 | 아래로 | Down |
21 | 동안 | During |
22 | 제외하고 | Except |
23 | 를 위해/~의 | For |
24 | 부터 | From |
25 | ~에/~에서 | In |
26 | 안/내부에 | Inside |
27 | ~으로 | Into |
28 | 에서 가까이/약 | Near |
29 | 다음 | Next |
30 | ~의 | Of |
31 | (위)에 | On |
32 | 맞은편에 | Opposite |
33 | 바깥쪽에/~에서 멀리 | Out |
34 | 겉에/외부에 | Outside |
35 | 위에 | Over |
36 | 각/~에 대하여/~당 | Per |
37 | 더하기/또한 | Plus |
38 | ~을 돌아/~을 빙 돌아 | Round |
39 | 이후/이래 | Since |
40 | 보다 | Than |
41 | 를 통해 | Through |
42 | ~까지 | Till |
43 | 에 | To |
44 | 향하여 | Toward |
45 | 아래에 | Under |
46 | ~와 다른/~와 달리 | Unlike |
47 | 까지 | Until |
48 | 위로/위쪽으로 | Up |
49 | 경우하여/통해 | Via |
50 | ~와 함께/~로 | With |
51 | 이내에/안에 | Within |
52 | 없이 | Without |
53 | 두 단어 | Two words |
54 | ~에 따라 | According to |
55 | ~때문에 | Because of |
56 | 아주 가까이에서 | Close to |
57 | ~때문에 | Due to |
58 | ~을 제외하고/~이 없으면 | Except for |
59 | ~멀리/~와 거리가 먼 | Far from |
60 | ~안에/~내부에 | Inside of |
61 | ~대신 | Instead of |
62 | ~에 가까운/거의~한 | Near to |
63 | 바로옆에/다음에 | Next to |
64 | ~바깥쪽에/~의 밖에 | Outside of |
65 | ~에 앞서/먼저 | Prior to |
66 | 세 단어 | Three words |
67 | ~까지 | As far as |
68 | 마찬가지로/게다가 | As well as |
69 | ~일 뿐 아니라 | In addition to |
70 | ~의 앞쪽에(앞에) | In front of |
71 | ...에도 불구하고 | In spite of |
72 | ~대신(대표)하여 | On behalf of |
73 | ~위에 | On top of |
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