kun

Ilu iris kun elu a la parko.


de

di

of (indicates possession or association)

Me kompris la frukti de la merkato.

from (indicating departure, dependency, starting point, origin or derivation)

Me esis un de kin en la konkurso.

Me prizas tre multe tasego de kafeo ye la matino.

I really like a big cup of coffee in the morning.

of (with a noun: indicating measurement, quantity, amount, content)

Me havas tri boteli plena de aquo.

of (with an adjective: indicating measurement, dimension)

Rejio de Anglia


en

From French en, Spanish en, from Latin in, inde from Proto-Indo-European *én (“in”).


ad

Borrowing from French à, Italian ad, Spanish a, all ultimately from Latin ad, from Proto-Indo-European *ád (“near, at”).

Donez a me la bastono

Il parolis ad el.


for

Borrowing from English far (from). Compare Esperanto for.


an

Borrowed from English on, German an. Decision no. 759, Progreso V.

Me pendis pikturi an la parieto.

at, on (indicates contiguity, juxtaposition)


vers

Borrowed from French vers, Italian verso. Decision no. 718, Progreso V.

io-bor

(physical sense) toward, towards, in the direction of


ye

Lu kaptis la kavalo per lazo ye la kolo.

He/she captured the horse by a lasso to the neck.

Ye la angulo di la strado.

Ilu prenis elu ye la tayo.

to, at, by (preposition used when no other fits the meaning)


pos

Borrowed from Latin post (with the t dropped so not to interfere with posto (“postal service, post, mail”)), Russian после (posle).

Ni drinkis kelka biri pos la ludo.


po

Borrowed from Esperanto po, Russian по (po).

Me kompris la domo po quaradek mil euri.

I bought the house for forty thousand euros.

for, at the price of, in exchange for; per


da

La genitori amesas da lia filii.

The parents are loved by their children.


per

Borrowed from Esperanto per, English per, French par, Italian per, Spanish por, ultimately from Latin per, from Proto-Indo-European *per.

Quar per kin esas duadek.

Un per un esas un.


kom

Borrowed from French comme, Italian come, Spanish como. Decision no. 231, Progreso IV.

Me amas il kom mea fraton.


ante

Borrowed from Italian ante, Spanish ante, and to some extent English anterior, all ultimately from Latin ante. (Compare Esperanto antaŭ (“before”, time and space).)

cog

Ante parolar on devas pensar.


di

La domo di mea matro


che

Partio che me!

Me lojas che mea patro.

Irez che la mediko!

at, in, to (someone in his or her house, home or place), with (a people, in respect of their customs)


ek

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek). Also seen as a borrowing from Latin ex, with the x changed to just k so not to interfere with ex-, which shares the same origin.

Ek quon esas ta tasi?

Li esas ek porcelano.


vice

Borrowed from English vice-, French vice-, German vize-, Italian vice-, Russian ви́це- (více-), Spanish vice-.


trans

From Esperanto trans, from Latin trans. Not to be confused with the paronym tra.

Il pasas trans la rivero per ponto.


tra

From Esperanto tra, from Latin trāns. Not to be confused with the paronym trans.

Ni iris tra la tunelo.


yen

Yen la volfo!


sen

Borrowed from Esperanto sen, French sans, Italian senza, Spanish sin, ultimately from Latin sine.


inter

Borrowed from Esperanto inter, English inter-, French inter-, Italian inter-, Spanish inter-, from Latin inter.

(figuratively) division, exchange, reciprocity


apud

Borrowed from Esperanto apud, from Latin apud.

La glaso es apud la krucho.

an

at, on (indicates contiguity, juxtaposition)


dop

L'automobilo esas dop la parieto.


segun

Borrowed from Spanish según. Also found in Italian secondo.

Segun vua deskripto.

Traktar ulu segun lua merito.

To treat someone in conformity with their merit.

Evangelio segun St. Ioannes.

according to, agreeably to, in conformity with; pursuant to, after


dum

Il esis absenta dum tri yari.


a

The first letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.


pri

Borrowed from Esperanto pri, from Ancient Greek περί (perí).


preter

Borrowed from Esperanto preter, Latin praeter.

La kavaliero ne haltis apud la kirko ma kavalkadis preter ol.

The knight did not stop at the church but rode past it.

passing, past (by): indicates motion from one side to the other past a certain object


lor

Borrowed from French lors and alors, Italian allora.

at the time of (an event), at the same time as


adsur

La kato saltis adsur la tablo.


avan

Borrowed from French avant, Italian avanti, ultimately from Latin ante. Compare Esperanto antaŭ.

Me es avan il en la serio.

in front of, ahead of, before (in space)


aden

Me iras aden la gardeno.


proxim

Borrowed from Latin proximus. Decision no. 69, Progreso I, 77, Progreso I.

progreso

Me es proxim l'autobus-etapeyo.

proximeso

proximity, vicinity, propinquity, nearness, closeness


cirkum

Vi departos cirkum tri kloki.

about, around, roundabout (place, time, quantity)

cirkumaji

surroundings, environment, frame, setting

cirkumlekar

to lick around (one's chops), (fig.) to gloat over


koram

Ne dicez to koram la pueri.

Fortunoze me ne esas senhelpa koram ta astoneganta ceno.

Fortunately I am not helpless before that astonishing scene.


kontre

From Esperanto kontraŭ, from French contre, Italian contro, Spanish contra, from Latin contra.

Ka vu votos por o kontre?

against, contrary to, versus, opposed to


koncerne

Borrowed from Esperanto koncerne. Equivalent to koncerno + -e.


adsub

La muso kuris adsub la lito.


depos

From de- (“from”) + pos (“after”), calque of French depuis, Spanish después.

Me konocabis elu depos lasta yaro.

depose

since, from that time, thence, thenceforth