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Choose the Right Preposition
He has a talent ____ painting.
I voted ____ him
in the last election.
He failed ____ many reasons.
He was bedridden ____ 8½
months.
In this climate you'd better put the beer ___
fridge,
not on top of it.
She felt as if she were
____ the frying pan and the fire.
He was putting rafters _____ the roof.
Cheating on examinations was ____ him.
When she changed her plans that September day,
I didn't know what was ____ her mind.
He always kept the cleanser and dish-brushes __
the sink.
The final bill came ____ fifty-five dollars.
They ran ____ the door.
The detective was ____ my track.
The river rose ____ its banks.
We actually tried to change lead __ gold.
That was _____ the 80s, mind you.
He was happy
_____ his entire life.
Cadillac Bar is _______ the
street from here.
Like a good banker, I hate to part ___ my money.
Cowboy Tex, which of course wasn't his real
name,
always drove _____the speed limits.
I swam ______the Colorado River, all the way to
Grand Canyon.
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Choose the Right Preposition
He has a
talent for
painting.
Han
har talang för att måla.
I
voted for
him in the last election.
Jag
röstade på honom i senaste valet.
He
failed for
many reasons.
Han
misslyckades av många anledningar.
He
was bedridden for
8½ months.
Han
var sängbunden i 8½ månad.
In
this climate you'd better put the beer
inside
(in) the fridge,
not
on top of it.
I
detta klimat är det bäst att ställa ölen i kylskåpet,
inte
på det.
She
felt as if she were between
the frying pan and the fire.
Hon
kände det som om hon var mellan
stekpannan och elden (bildligt talat).
He
was putting rafters beneath
the roof.
Han
satte upp takbjälkar (takstolar) under taket.
Cheating
on examinations was beneath him.
Att
fuska på prov var under hans värdighet.
When
she changed her plans that September day,
I
didn't know what was in back of (on)
her mind.
Då
(När) hon ändrade sina planer den där septemberdagen
så visste jag inte
vad hon hade i tankarna.
He
always kept the cleanser and dish-brushes
underneath
(under) the
sink.
Han
förvarade alltid rengöringsmedlet och diskborstarna
under
diskhon.
The
final bill came to
fifty-five dollars.
Sluträkningen
blev på femtiofem dollar.
They
ran out
the door.
De
sprang ut genom dörren.
The
detective was on
my track.
Detektiven
(alt. kriminalpolismannen) var mig på spåren.
The
river rose over
its banks.
Floden
steg över sina vallar.
We
actually tried to change lead into
gold.
Vi
försökte verkligen att förvandla bly till guld.
That
was in (during) the
80s, mind you.
Ursäkta
mig men det var faktiskt på 80-talet.
He
was happy throughout
his entire life.
Han
var lycklig hela sitt liv.
Cadillac
Bar is up
the street from here.
Baren
Cadillac ligger längre upp (bort) på den här gatan.
Like
a good banker, I hate to part with my
money.
Som
en duktig (god) bankman så hatar jag att skiljas
från mina
pengar.
Cowboy
Tex, which of course wasn't his real name, always
drove
within the speed limits.
Cowboy
Tex, vilket naturligtvis inte var hans riktiga namn,
körde alltid i tillåten
hastighet.
I
swam up the
Colorado River, all the way to Grand Canyon.
Jag
simmade uppför Coloradofloden, hela vägen till Grand Canyon.
Prepositions are
connecting words used to show the relationship of one word
to another.
The word preposition means placed
before. It
is so named because it is usually placed before a noun or a pronoun or a noun
phrase or
a clause.
Prepositioner har som uppgift att
ange en relation mellan ett substantiv eller pronomen och ett annat ord.
Prepositionen är vanligen placerad före substantivet.
Prepositioner anger ofta riktning
eller befintlighet/läge för ett substantiv.
Prepositionsexempel - Sample Prepositions:
av,
för, åt, till, från, mot, längs, ovanför, nedanför, bakom, på,
i, under, över/ of, along, above, below, from, toward/-s,
behind, for,
to, on, in, under, during, over etc.
OBS!
prepositioner används mycket olika i olika språk. Även om ibland "på"
kan motsvara "on" så kan man icke räkna med att det skall vara
"on" i engelskan där man i motsvarande position i svenskan
använder "på"!
-Denna omständighet kan
aldrig tillräckligt betonas!
Exempelvis
- For
example:
interested in= intresserad av
be on time= vara i
tid
come on Friday, at noon= kom på fredag, på midda'n
a
head-on collision= en frontalkrock
IMPORTANT
Det finns enkla och sammansatta
prepositioner. Ibland hänvisas i grammatisk facklitteratur till
'Single' or 'Simple Prepositions' & 'Compound' or
'Complex Prepositions'. Har du för avsikt att ägna särskild tid
och kraft åt studier av prepositioner så bör du vara bevandrad
i terminologin alternativt du kommer inte att få ett
tillräckligt underlag för en fördjupning i ämnet. Svensk
litteratur i ämnet engelska med inriktning på prepositioner är
inte alltid särskilt uttömmande.
There are single (simple) and compound (complex) prepositions. Make sure you are aware of
the somewhat confusing terminology. See below! Complex (compound) prepositions consist of two-
or three-word combinations acting as a single unit.
Look at
these 2-word combination examples: according to, along with, apart
from, because of, contrary to, due to, except for, instead of,
prior to, regardless of.
3-word combinations might look
like this: Single (Simple) Preposition + Noun + Single (Simple)
Preposition.
in aid of, on behalf of, in front of, in
accordance with, in line with, in relation to, with reference to,
with respect to, by means of. These combinations also come before
a noun.
In some grammars they like to describe the
types as being of basically three (3) kinds: simple,
compound and phrasal.
Simple: at, in, of, on
Compund:
alongside, throughout, underneath
Phrasal: across from,
in place of, near to
It is important also
to grasp the fact that a prepositional phrase (incl prep, the
object of the prep, and the modifiers of the obj) may
function as an adverb or an adjective.
The main thing here is that you really
understand the role and the function of the preposition by and
large.
Then there is of course
the category mostly referred to as Marginal Prepositions. They have affinities with other word
classes. Some are in verbal form:
Following her resignation she moved to the
country.
The whole team was there, including Debbie and Karen.
Other marginal prepositions are:
concerning, considering, excluding, given, granted & pending.
Non-verbal marginal prepositions include
worth (it's worth three dollars) and minus (twenty-three minus
twenty is three)
in
the morning= på morgonen
in the evening= på
kvällen
MEN
at night= på natten
at noon= på midda'n
(kl 12:00 am)
vänta
på=
wait for
wait on=
servera/betjäna bord,
matgäster etc.
-Jämför - Compare "Jump in the water"
med - with "Jump into the water" and then translate into Swedish!
Finally, there is one more thing having to do
with prepositions and terminology: Stranded Preposition,
meaning it is placed somewhat off from it's more regular place ahead of
and before the noun: "That is the girl Vince talked about."
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