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Tagalog Prepositions

This is a list of prepositions in Tagalog. This includes words related to positions (i.e. under, on top of ...), conjunctions (and, but ...) and many more.

On top of: sa ibabaw ng
Under: sa ilalim ng
Inside: sa loob ng
Outside: sa labas ng
Behind: sa likod ng
In front of: sa harap ng
Near: malapit sa
Between: sa pagitan ng

These are more popular prepositions you might find useful at some point or another.

After: pagkatapos
Before: bago
With: kasama
Without: wala
Since: mula noon
Until: hanggang
Of: ng
From: mula sa
To: sa
Instead of: sa halip ng
In: sa
Against: laban sa
As: bilang
About: tungkol sa
For: para sa

The following are conjunctions used to connect words, sentences, or phrases.

And: at
Or: o
But: pero
So: kaya

Now is the time for some prepositions used in a sentence. We are using the following: (from, under, inside, with, in, but) as examples.

I'm from Japan: taga-Japan ako
The pen is under the desk: nasa ilalim ng mesa ang pen
The letter is inside the book: nasa loob ng libro ang sulat
Can I practice Italian with you?: puwede ba akong magsanay / praktis ng Italyano kasama mo?
I was born in Miami: ipinanganak ako sa Miami
I speak French but with an accent: may accent ang pagsasalita ko ng Pranses

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