1.Simple Prepositions
Those prepositions are placed before nouns or noun phrases they control. for example; “in the water” – “ውስተ ማይ” (westa māy), where ውስተ (westa) – in the and ማይ (māy) – water. here, the noun “water” is placed before the preposition “in”.
Some simple prepositions commonly used
about – በእንተ (baˈnta)
above – መልዕልተ (maleˈlta)
across – ማዕዶተ (māˈdota)
after – ድኅረ (dxra)
against – በላዕለ (balaˈla)
along – ውእደ (weˈda)
around – ዐውደ (ˈaweda)
before – ቅድመ (qedma)
behind – ከዋላ (kawāla)
below – ታሕተ (tāheta)
beneath – በታሕተ (batāhta)
beside – በማዕከለ (bamāˈkala)
between – ማዕከለ (māˈkala)
beyond – ማዕዶተ (māˈdota)
by – በ (ba)
during – አመ (ˈama)
except – ዘእንበለ (zaˈenbala)
for – ለ (la)
from – እም (ˈem)
in – ውስተ (westa)
into – ውስተ (westa)
like – አምሳለ (ˈamsāla)
inside – ውስጠ (wesța)
near – ቅሩበ (qeruba)
past – እምድኅረ (ˈemdxra)
on – ዲበ (diba)
upon – ላዕለ (lāˈla)
outside – አፍኣ (ˈafā)
over – በመልዕልተ (ba-maleˈleta)
till – እስከ (ˈeska)
round – አውደ (ˈaweda)
since – እንዘ (ˈenza)
than – እምነ (ˈemena)
through – በውስተ (ba-westa)
throughout – ውስተ ኲሉ (westa kwelu)
opposite – መንገለ (mangala)
to – ለ (la)
toward – እም (ˈem) / ለ (la) / ውስተ (westa)
under – በመትሕተ (ba-mathta)
underneath – መትሕተ (matheta)
until – እስከ (ˈeska)
with – ምስለ (mesla)
without – እንበለ (ˈenbala)
within – በማዕከለ (bamāˈkala)
2. Phrase prepositions and Ge'ez prepositions
In English, there are some phrases that act like prepositions.
let’s try to see some English phrase prepositions in common use with Ge’ez prepositions.
along with – ምስለ (mesla)
apart from – እም (ˈem), ዘእንበለ (za-ˈenbala), እንዘ (ˈenza)
as for – ከመ በእንተ (kama ba-ˈenta)
away from – እምነ (ˈemna)
because of – በእንተ (ba-ˈenta)
but for – ወባሕቱ በእንተ (wa-bahtu ba-ˈenta), አላ ለ (ˈala la)
by way of – በፍኖተ (ba-fenota)
for the sake of – በእንተ (ba-ˈenta)
except for – ዘእንበለ (za-ˈenbala)
in front of – በቅድመ (ba-qedema)
in place of – ህየንተ (heyanta)
in order to – ከመ (kama)
in regard to – በበይነ (ba-bayena)
in spite of – ወምስለ (wa-mesela)
due to – ለ (la)
instead of – ህየንተ (heyanta)