ABSTRACT
Prepositions are indeclinable words or set phrases, generally unstressed in speech except when used as stressed particles. Almost all Swedish prepositions precede the complement. This chapter describes the usage of ten most common Swedish prepositions. The idiomatic nature of Swedish prepositional expressions of time makes it difficult to formulate rules that are both concise and 100 per cent reliable. The English preposition ‘of’ is rendered in numerous ways in Swedish. The chapter provides hints on how to translate ‘of’ in some common instances.
