{"id":1446,"date":"2011-04-17T04:03:58","date_gmt":"2011-04-17T04:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=1446"},"modified":"2014-06-12T15:30:38","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T15:30:38","slug":"arabic-prepositions-in-combination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/arabic-prepositions-in-combination\/","title":{"rendered":"Arabic Prepositions in Combination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever come across these words before?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\"><strong>\u0639\u0645\u0651\u060c \u0641\u064a\u0645\u064e\u060c \u0645\u0650\u0645\u064e\u0651<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These are question words involving both a preposition and the question word.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">\u0639\u0645\u0651 = \u0639\u0646 + \u0645\u0627 \/ \u0645\u0627\u0630\u0627 = about what<\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">\u0639\u0645\u0651 \u062a\u062a\u0643\u0644\u0645\u061f<\/p>\n<p>What are you talking about?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">\u0641\u064a\u0645\u064e = \u0641\u064a + \u0645\u0627 \/ \u0645\u0627\u0630\u0627 = in what<\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">\u0641\u064a\u0645\u064e \u062a\u0641\u0643\u0631\u061f<\/p>\n<p>What are you thinking about (literally in)?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">\u0645\u0645\u064e\u0651 = \u0645\u0646 + \u0645\u0627 \/ \u0645\u0627\u0630\u0627 = of what<\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">\u0645\u0645\u064e\u0651 \u062a\u062e\u0627\u0641\u061f<\/p>\n<p>What are you afraid of?<\/p>\n<p>So, when prepositions come with the question word (\u0645\u0627) or (\u0645\u0627\u0630\u0627) \u201cwhat\u201d, they become shorter, and the same thing happens to the question word. 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