Norsk Preposisjoner

There are several prepositions used in Norsk. Prepositions usually tells the position of an object with respect to other objects.

Norsk Preposisjoner:
Av, Etter, For, For Siden, Fra, Foran, Gjennom, Hos, I, Innen, Innenfor, Med, Mellom, Mot, Om, Omkring, Overfor, Over, På, Rundt, Til, Under, Ved Siden Av, Ved,

And many more....

Among these the most confusing preposition is PÅ and I. There are often confusions about when to use what.There are no such rules as when to use what but we can definitely draw a pattern.

You can also use references from Gramatikk.com in here and here, Also can check youtube video here for more details.

When to use what: My Way of Remembering some of it!

Prepositions	General Rules
PÅ	When statement has IKKE in it. e.g. Jeg har ikke sett henne på 5 dager. Something DID NOT happened (Duration). Days of the weeks. Time required to Finish the task. If the stuff is 'On' something. e.g. Boken er på gulvet e.g. Han har sekk PÅ ryggen. Støvler PÅ føttene. (He has backpak on back. Shoes on Foot etc.) We use I to indicate the are within Big Area and PÅ to indicate area inside that big area. Assume that you draw two circles one inside other, then all the things in the small inside circle will have PÅ and between inner and outer circle, everything would be I. e.g. På Grønland I Oslo , På biblioteket For islands and Mountains, we always use På. Its like island is surrounded by Sea - island is inner circle and sea is outer e.g. På Fjellet, På øyen
I	How long something lasts. When something has happened (Duration) The Current Season. i.e. i Sommer, i Høst, i Vår, i Vinter Months and Years If the stuff is 'INSIDE' something. e.g. Boken er i skuffen. We can use 'I', when an object is placed inside other closed objects such as box or drawer or cupboard etc e.g. Det er mat I ryggsekken. We also use I to indicate the State. or Big Area e.g. I Oslo , I Stavanger
OM	Repetitive Events Every Season. i.e. if you are doing some activity every season, use OM How long UNTIL something happens e.g. Hun kommer om 5 minutter. About someone or somebody. e.g. Jeg snakker om denne boka.
TIL	Future time period during which something is going to happen.
FOR.....SIDEN	How Long ago something had happened
SIDEN	How long since the last time something happened. Its mostly year in numbers. e.g. Jeg har ikke vært i hjemlandet mitt siden 2000
NESTE	Upcoming Season or Event e.g Neste sommer -> next year's summer, Neste uka -> Nest Week, Neste gang -> Nest time
SISTE	Previous Event, Season or Time e.g Siste sommer -> Last summer. Siste uke -> Last week. Siste gang -> Last time
HVER	Every e.g : Hver sommer -> every summer. Hver uke -> every week. Hvergang -> everytime
GJENNOM	(In) Between or Through e.g : If you are looking through the window, you can use Han Set gjennom vinduet. Or you can also say you are sitting in between two persons.
FORAN	In Front of e.g : Du sitter foran PC.
UNDER	Under If the things are under any other things. Eg. Hunden ligger under bordet.
OVER	Over If the things are over any other things. Eg. Lampa ligger over bordet. The obvious question here would be why not PÅ? The other rule to use OVER is, If the thing can NOT 'lay' over other thing then use OVER otherwise use PÅ. i.e. things that can be kept horizontal to the ground over other things. e.g. Det er duk PÅ bordet
HOS	At the house of If you are talking about someone's house or place use HOS e.g. Hun var hos oss i går- Hun var hos tannlegen i går.
VED SIDEN AV	Beside / Next to / Adjacent to Normally we use this to indicate shop positions etc. e.g. Biblioteket ligger ved siden av butikken.