• Prepositions are very important words in any language.
• Today, we are going to learn the Arabic prepositions and their meanings.
• Arabic preposition particles are Mabni words كلمات مبنية which means that they mostly have a fixed pronunciation regardless of their position in the sentence.
• These words also inflect the noun that follows them and cause it to end in a Kasrah.
• There are about twenty one prepositions mentioned by the famous Arab grammarian; Ibn Maalik ابن مالك :

هــاك حــروف الـجـــر و هــــي : مِـِن , إلى             حتـّى , خلا , حاشا , عدا , في , عن , على

مـُـذ , مـُـنذ , رُبّ , اللام , كي , واو , و تا             و الــكــاف , و الــبـــاء , و لعــل , و مـتـى

* In my previous post, I presented some six prepositions. Today, we are going  discuss the meanings and uses of some more common ones:

7) الكاف  = (like or as)

This preposition expresses simile التشبيه meaning “like” or “as“.

Ex. – الأمانيُّ الخادعةُ كالسرابِ= False hopes are like mirage.

–  هو يعمل كالآلةِ  = He works like a machine. .

–  هي تعمل كطبيبةٍ  = She works as a doctor.

8)  اللام  = (to or for)

This preposition can refer to the reason or the possession.

Ex. – لـلهِ ما فى السماواتِ و ما فى الأرضِ

= Belongs to Allah is all what is in heaven and what is in earth.

– النجاحُ لِلمجتهدين  = Success is for the hard-working.

– يذهب الطلابُ للمدرسةِ للتعلمِ  = Students go to school to learn (for learning).

9) واو القسم  = (I swear to / by)

                  This (و  )Waw is used for swearing.

Ex. –  و الضحى . و الليل إذا سجى 

= By the morning hours. And by the night when it is stillest.

10) تاء القسم   = (I swear to / by)

This (تا) Ta’a is only used for swearing by Allah (God) and is used only with Allah.

Ex. – تاللهِ لأساعِدنك = I swear to / by God that I will help you.

11) حتى  = (till / until)

This preposition refers to finishing something or the end of something.

Ex. يتعلم الناسُ حتى يموتون  = People learn till they die.

12) خلا = عدا = حاشا = (except for)

These three prepositions mean the same and are used to make exceptions.

Ex. – حضر جميع الطلابِ عدا / خلا / حاشا على و أحمد  

                             = All the students attended except for Ali and Ahmad.

(Note: Ibn Maalik has written all the Arabic Grammar in a thousand verses of poetry.)

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• Check out Arabic Prepositions (Part 1) 

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