Practice: Relationship Prepositions

Van is one of the most common Dutch prepositions. It expresses possession (like English "of" or "'s"), material, or origin. Unlike English, Dutch does not use an apostrophe-s construction — instead it uses van.

Met means with. Use it to say who accompanies you or what tool or means you use to do something.

Voor expresses who something is intended for or what purpose it serves. It can also mean "before" in a time or position sense (covered in Time Prepositions).