pod, nad, pred, za, med

Position and Movement

Level 5

These prepositions can take instrumental for a location and accusative for movement into a position.

How It Works

These prepositions can take instrumental for a location and accusative for movement into a position. Some have additional meanings and case patterns that must be learned separately.

Compare pod mizo, a position under the table, with pod mizo after a directional event only where the noun's accusative and instrumental happen to coincide. To see the case contrast overtly use pod mostom versus pod most: location under a bridge versus movement under it.

Examples (3)

  1. Mačka je pod mizo.

    The cat is under the table.

  2. Mačka je stekla pod mizo.

    The cat ran under the table.

  3. Stojim pred hišo.

    I am standing in front of the house.

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pod, nad, pred, za, medLevel 5Position and Movement

Learn This First

Contrast directional accusative with instrumental position.

Words in This Pattern

nadpredzamed