Meanings of the preposition به [be] in Persian and its translational equivalents in Bosnian Cover Image

Značenja prijedloga به [be] u perzijskom jeziku i njegovi prijevodni ekvivalenti u bosanskom jeziku
Meanings of the preposition به [be] in Persian and its translational equivalents in Bosnian

Author(s): Đenita Haverić
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Bosansko filološko društvo
Keywords: prijedlog; prijedložna fraza; prijedložno-padežne veze; složeni prijedlozi; prijevodni ekvivalent

Summary/Abstract: Central to this paper is the Persian preposition به [be]. Its main meanings in Persian were analyzed, and examples for each individual meaning quoted from the selected corpus. At the same time, Bosnian translational equivalents of this preposition were presented. We can see that Persian preposition به [be] has several meanings in Bosnian as: to, on, at, with, in, like, towards, etc. Persian preposition به [be] is also frequently used in compounds with other prepositions.

  • Issue Year: 2004
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 54-69
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Bosnian