we

Alternative form of w (especially before labial consonants and consonant clusters)


do

do Chóśebuza

do jsy

do wognja

do njebja

Jana chójźi hyšći do šule, wóna jo wuknica.

1998, Erwin Hannusch, Niedersorbisch praktisch und verständlich, Bauzten: Domowina, →ISBN, page 30:

Jana still goes to school; she is a schoolgirl.


w

Proto-Indo-European language
Proto-Slavic language

From Proto-Slavic *vъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én.


z

From Proto-Slavic *jьz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs.


z

From Proto-Slavic *sъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom.

Stej bratš ze sotšu.


za

Žarim za nowy kompjuter.

Mam list za tebje.

Wóna jo za amt kandiděrowała.

Něnto pokuśim za swóje zmólki.

Ja som raz za njogo źěłał.

Smej awto za 200 euro kupiłej.

Za ten lětny cas jo južo pśeliš górucy.

It’s already too hot for this time of year.

Buźom tam za pěś minuty.

in (after a period of time) [with accusative]

Wón jo šeł za dom.

behind (goal-oriented) [with accusative]

Wón stoj za domom.

behind (stationary location) [with instrumental]


ku

Alternative form of k (used before ch, g, and k)


ze

Stej bratš ze sotšu.

Alternative form of z (both meanings; used before sibilants and certain consonant clusters)


pó

after (in pursuit of, seeking) [with accusative]

Pó jatšach se zmakajomy.

after (subsequently; following in time; later than) [with locative]

Smej pó Bramborskej drogowałej.

Droga źo pó rěce.

along (by the length of; in a line with the length of; lengthwise next to) [with locative]


mimo

mimo źěła


wu

at; at the home, office, workshop, etc. of (compare German bei, French chez, Latin apud, etc.)


blisko

blisko torma


srjejź

From the same Proto-Slavic root *sьrd-, *serd- (“middle”) found in *sьrdьce (“heart”) and *serda (“Wednesday”). Compare Upper Sorbian srjedź, Polish wśród, Slovene srédi, and Russian среди́ (sredí).

srjeź (alternative dated dialectal)
sŕeź (alternative obsolete)

Hiltrud Jańšowa jo se srjejź 60tych lět ze swójim Günterom wóženiła.

2007-04-04, Adelheid Dawmowa, “Jańšowe jatšowne jaja su ‚wudrogowali‘ až do Awstralskeje”, Nowy Casnik vol 59, no. 14, p. 6

Hiltrud Jańšowa married her Günter in the middle of the ’60s.


pśez

Cognate with Upper Sorbian přez, Polish przez, Czech přes, and Bulgarian през (prez).


wob

wob lěśe

wob dwě lěśe

wob zymu

wob noc

during, for (a period of time), through (a period of time)


pód

under (destination to which something is moved) [with accusative]

under (location where something is stationary) [with instrumental]


pśed

pschéd (alternative)
pśede (alternative)

in front of (place to which something is moved, to which someone moves, etc.) [with accusative]

in front of (place where something or someone is located) [with instrumental]

before (in time or (stationary) space) [with instrumental]

To jo se stało pśed góźinu.


wó

ho (alternative obsolete)
wo (alternative)

Wón jo swój zec wó tśi centimetry pśikrotcył.

He shortened his trousers by three centimeters.

by (with a change of; indicating the amount of some progression) [with accusative]

Ja som wó pomoc pšosył.

Wón jo se wó jeje zaźaržanju górił.

Wó kim powědamy?


mjazy

between (indicating motion) [with accusative]

between (indicating stationary location) [with instrumental]


pśi

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pri, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *prei.


wót

From Proto-Slavic *otъ. Cognate with Upper Sorbian wot, Polish od, Czech od, Old Church Slavonic отъ (otŭ), Russian от (ot).

wót togo casa


wóte

Alternative form of wót used before mnjo.


bźez

From a conflation of pśez (“through”) with earlier bjez (still the Upper Sorbian form), from Proto-Slavic *bez.


wokoło

From Proto-Slavic *okolo; cognate with Upper Sorbian wokoło, Polish około, Czech okolo. Equivalent to wo koło (“around a circle”).

wokoło Starych wikow


pódla

From Proto-Slavic *podьlja (“according to”), *podьlь (“next to”); cognate with Upper Sorbian pódla, pola, Polish podla, podle, Czech podle, Slovak podľa.

pódla doma