Prepositions and Postpositions

This section provides a sample of some of the prepositions and postpositions used in Livonian.

This postposition translates as "under" and takes the genitive case.

under the oak tree

This preposition translates as "about" and takes the genitive case.

about it

This postposition translates as "in front of" and takes the genitive case.

in front of the house

This postposition translates as "by, at" and takes the genitive case.

at the seamstress

This word translates as "many, a lot" and takes the plural partitive case.

many Livonians

This postposition translates as "on" and takes the genitive case.

on the water

This postposition translates as "into" and takes the genitive case.

into the carrot pastry

This postposition translates as "inside" and takes the genitive case.

inside the bread mixing bowl

This postposition translates as "till, to" and takes the genitive case.

to the sea