On our previous lesson, we have learned about preposition –ко. Now, let’s take a look at another Russian preposition which is easily can be found and one of common prepositions that being used in sentences. Let us introduce you to the preposition –по. Literally, preposition –по has meanings as after, on and upon. We usually can find this preposition in prepositional and dative case. The use of preposition –по in in Russian language as prepositional case is used primarily with deverbal nouns (derived from verbs or verb phrases but behave grammatically as nouns). As we can see on these examples below:
You can see from those examples that after preposition –по it followed by deverbal nouns. In first sentence, the word окончании (graduation), which derived from the verb окончить “to graduate”. And in the second sentence, after –по is the word приезде that also part of deverbal nouns from the verb приезжать “to arrive”.
As it mentioned on early explanation, this preposition also can be found in dative case, which has several meanings that you can see on these following examples:
Those are explanations about preposition –по. Obviously, there are still more Russian prepositions that we will soon discuss on this website. But if you are just begin to interest with Russian language and its beautiful cultures, then you can start to learn from 4 Tips To Learn Russian Language Effectively , 150 Basic Russian Words for Beginners and Get to Know the History of Russian Icons. Happy learning guys!
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