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Prepositions and Conjunctions

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Prepositions

with the direct case
czerekaround
deręćduring
jętarbetween
kętraagainst
kiszkaas far as, as much as
niętrainside
parthrough; by means of; by (in passive constructions)
piaratowards, in relation to
protarbecause of
szekięćaccording to
trazbeyond, on the other side of
ziętraoutside
with the genitive case
dzieabout, from, of
dziewęćfrom ... away
enmiedzamong, amidst
forzyexcept
kuwith
okostnext to
ołągalong
połokinstead of
profor
prośmienear, close to
sieńwithout
ściępuduring, at the same time as
zaout of
zajętarfrom between
zamiedzfrom amidst
zapofrom behind
zaprzefrom before
zasemfrom above
zazfrom under
with the dative case
gratłęćthanks to
małgrain spite of
surkętrarzopposite
with the direct and the genitive case
Some prepositions that deal with a location can govern both the genitive and the direct case. This indicates a stable location and the direction towards it, respectively.
en(+1) into; (+2) in
o(+1) to, towards; (+2) in, on, at
po(+1) after, behind; (+2) behind; for (price)
przein front of
semabove
sur(+1) on, onto, across; (+2) on
zunder


Prefixes

Several of the prepositions listed above can also serve as prefixes; in combination with a verb, they can give its meaning a certain switch: czerek- "around", dzie- "off, away" en- "in", jętar- "between", kętr(a)- "against", ko- "with, together", o- "to, into, onto", par- "through", po- "after, behind", pro- "forward", prze- "before", sur- "over, up", tra(s/z)- "over, across", and z(e)-/s- "out" or "under". Apart from these, there are three prefixes that do not correspond with a preposition: des-/dez- "apart, into pieces", je- "out", and rze- "back".


Conjunctions

The most common coordinating conjunctions are: i “and”, u “or”, jak “besides, and also”, uta “but”, maż “and, but”, komód ... szyk i “both ... and”, niec ... niec “neither ... nor”, and koju ... iłu “the ... the”.

Subordinate clauses can be introduced by many different conjunctions, including: kód “that”, szy “whether, if”, kędy “when”, komód “when, if, like” przekód “before”, przekód nie “until, as long as”, pokód “after”, sieńkód “without”, nąk “because”, prostokód “because”, prokód “so that, in order to”, parkód “because of the fact that”, tost “as, as soon as”, wól/wolkąk “although”, wyszek “as long as”, ściępu kędy “while”, and en kąt “as far as”.