Prepositions

Lesson objective

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to use prepositions to describe where people and objects are located.

Basic prepositions

English	Darija
To / for	l
In / at	f
From	mn
With someone	m3a
With / by / by means of	b
Without	bla
On / about	3la
Between	bin
Of / belonging to	d / dyal
Until	нtta l
Above / on top of	fuq
Below / under	tнt
In front of	qddam
Facing / opposite	mqabl m3a
Behind	mura
Next to	нda
Before	qbl
After	b3d

Location exercise

Where is the ball? — fin l-kora?

The ball is on top of the box — l-kora fuq ṣ-ṣnduq.

Use pictures or real objects to practise describing where the ball is in relation to the box, using the prepositions above.