prepositions حروف الجر
A preposition is a word or group of words used before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships, or to introduce an object. Some examples of prepositions are words like
“in,” “at,” “on,” “of,” and “to.”
we have two types of Arabic prepositions which are primary and secondary
There are 21 primary prepositions which are divided into 2 subgroups: separated and connected “bound”
Here are the primarily separated prepositions
As in English, the meanings of the prepositions are changeable depending on the previous verb.
Here are the Primary prepositions with their basic meanings
from من – to إلى – until حتى – except خلا – far from – except عدا – in في – on على – since مذ – since منذ – perhapsرُبَّ لعل – whenever متى – to كي – about عن – forbid حاشا
The connected prepositions are
Like الكاف
By الباء
التاء
الواو
Are prepositions used for oath
To اللام
The noun that comes after a preposition is changed to a genitive case. This means that the last letter of the word will be changed from a /đammah to a kasrah
Take a look at the next examples
كتبت بالقلمِ I wrote by pen
تاللهِ I swear to god
ذَهَبَ أَحْمَدُ إِلَى الْعملِ Ahmed went to work
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