Prepozisyon ki konfonn

Prepozisyon yo prèske pa janm koenside ant yon lang ak yon lòt, kidonk tradiksyon mo pou mo bay erè ki dire plizyè ane. Men sa pou aprann an premye.

Vèb + prepozisyon

Konbinezon sa yo fiks. Yo pa gen okenn lojik andedan yo — aprann yo kòm yon sèl blòk.

Kòrèk	Erè komen
depend on	depend of
listen to	listen san prepozisyon
wait for	wait san prepozisyon
arrive at (kote) / in (vil)	arrive to
look for (chèche)	look san prepozisyon
ask for (mande)	ask san prepozisyon
belong to	belong of
apologise for	apologise about
succeed in	succeed to
complain about	complain on
consist of	consist from
pay for	pay san prepozisyon

Anpil erè soti nan kreyòl la : depann de bay depend of ; e paske koute, tann ak chèche konstwi san prepozisyon an kreyòl, nou ekri pa erè listen music, wait the bus, look my keys olye listen to music, wait for the bus, look for my keys.

Remake vèb ki, an angle, pa bezwen prepozisyon, alòske kreyòl la mete youn :

• ✅ I'll phone you. (jamè « phone to you »)
• ✅ Let's discuss the budget. (jamè « discuss about » ; kreyòl la di diskite sou)
• ✅ She entered the room. (jamè « entered in » ; kreyòl la di antre nan)
• ✅ I married him. (jamè « married with » ; kreyòl la di marye avè l)
• ✅ It affects the result. (jamè « affects on »)

Adjektif + prepozisyon

• interested in, good at, afraid of, proud of
• responsible for, similar to, different from
• worried about, keen on, aware of, capable of
• married to, famous for, dependent on

She's good at maths and interested in physics.

Non + prepozisyon

Non yo gen tou prepozisyon fiks yo, e yo retounen tout tan nan ekriti.

Non	Prepozisyon	Egzanp
reason	for	the reason for the delay
solution	to	a solution to the problem
increase / decrease	in	an increase in prices
effect / impact	on	the effect on sales
difference	between	the difference between them
interest	in	an interest in history
advantage	of	the advantage of waiting

Tan : in, on, at

Prepozisyon	Pou ki sa	Egzanp
at	lè egzat, lannwit	at 6pm, at night
on	jou ak dat	on Monday, on 5 May
in	mwa, ane, peryòd long	in July, in 2026, in the morning

Yon eksepsyon pou memorize : at night, men in the morning / afternoon / evening.

Pè ki konfonn

• for + dire / during + evènman : for two hours · during the meeting
• by — pa pita pase / until — jiska moman sa a : Finish it by Friday (dat limit) · Wait until Friday (tout tan jiska la)
• since + pwen depa / from … to pou yon entèval : since 2016 · from nine to five
• in + yon peryòd nan lavni : I'll be back in ten minutes. (tankou nan di minit an kreyòl ; jamè « after ten minutes »)

Kote : in, on, at

• in — andedan yon bagay : in the box, in London
• on — sou yon sifas : on the table, on the wall
• at — nan yon pwen oswa nan yon evènman : at the bus stop, at the meeting

I'll meet you at the station, on platform 3, in the waiting room.

Mouvman ak pozisyon

Mouvman an nòmalman egzije to, into oswa onto ; pozisyon an egzije in, at oswa on.

• I went to the office. / I was at the office.
• She walked into the room. / She was in the room.

De vèb soti nan nòm lan : arrive pran at/in e jamè to, e get pran to — I arrived at the airport · I got to the airport.

Transpò

by — pou mwayen an an jeneral, on / in — pou veyikil presi a :

• by car, by train, by bus, by plane — men on the train, in the car ak on foot (jamè « by foot » : a pye se on foot).

Se leksik, se pa gramè. Okenn règ pa eksplike poukisa depend on oswa a solution to pran prepozisyon sa a e pa yon lòt — prepozisyon an fè pati mo a li menm. Aprann li nan blòk : pa reason, men reason for, epi erè yo disparèt.

Prepozisyon nan yon ti dyalòg

A : What time do you arrive in London?

B : At half past six, if the train's on time. I'll wait for you at the barrier.

A : I might be late — it depends on the traffic.

B : No problem. I'll be there until seven anyway.

Arrive in ak vil la, at ak lè egzat la, wait for ak moun nan, depend on ak sikonstans lan, until ak tout entèval la — senk konbinezon diferan nan kat replik.

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