Prepositions in Arabic

Prepositions in Arabic: فَوْقَ (fawqa, over), تَحْتَ (taḥta, under), إِلَى دَاخِلِ (ila dakhil, into), خَارِج (khārij, out of), عَبْرَ (ʿabra, through), خَلْفَ (khalfa, behind), أَمَامَ (amāma, in front of), بَيْنَ (bayna, between), بِجَانِبِ (bijānibi, next to). Below are all 18 prepositions from lessons 27 and 37 of the Flashcardly course, each with a picture and native audio.

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All 18 Arabic prepositions

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Lesson 27 · Movement & Position 3 12 words

فَوْقَ fawqa over

تقفز القطة فوق الصندوق.

Taqfizu al-qittatu fawqa as-sunduq.

The cat jumps over the box.
تَحْتَ taḥta under

يعيشون تحت شجرة كبيرة.

Yaʿīshūna taḥta shajaratin kabīrah.

They live under a big tree.
عَبْرَ ʿabra through

يَمْشِي عَبْرَ الباب.

Yamshī ʿabra al-bāb.

He walks through the door.
بِمُحَاذَاةِ bimuḥādhāt along

نمشي بمحاذاة الشاطئ.

Namshī bi-muḥādhāti ash-shāṭiʾ.

We walk along the beach.
حَوْلَ ḥawla around

يمشي الناس حول الحديقة.

Yamshī an-nāsu ḥawla al-ḥadīqah.

People walk around the park.
عَبْرَ ʿabra across

أذهب عبر الشارع.

adhhabu ʿabra ash-shāriʿ.

I go across the street.
إِلَى دَاخِلِ ila dakhil into

يمشي ببطء إلى داخل الغرفة.

Yamshi bibut' ila dakhil al-ghurfa.

He walks slowly into the room.
خَارِج khārij out of

يَرْكُضُ الطِّفْلُ إِلَى خَارِجِ الْمَدْرَسَةِ.

yarkuḍu aṭ-ṭiflu ilā khāriji al-madrasah.

The kid runs out of the school.
أَعْلَى a'lā up

تنظر إلى الأعلى نحو السحب.

Tanzuru ila al-a'la nahwa as-suhub.

She looks up at the clouds.
أَسْفَل asfal down

وَضَعَ الكَلْبُ الكُرَةَ أَرْضاً.

Waḍaʿa l-kalbu l-kurata arḍan.

The dog put the ball down.
فِي الطَّابَقِ العُلْوِيّ fi-t-tabaq al-ulwi upstairs

أذهب إلى الطابق العلوي لأنام.

adhhabu ilā aṭ-ṭābaq al-ʿulwiyy li-ʾanām.

I go upstairs to bed.
إِلَى الطَّابِقِ السُّفْلِيِّ ila al-ṭābiq as-suflī downstairs

أسمع أصواتاً في الطابق السفلي.

asmaʿ aṣwātan fī ṭ-ṭābiq as-suflī.

I hear noises downstairs.

Lesson 37 · Directions 2 6 words

خَلْفَ khalfa behind

هو خَلْفَ ذلك المبنى.

huwa khalfa dhalika l-mabna.

It is behind that building.
أَمَامَ amāma in front of

هي أمامي.

Hiya amāmī.

She is in front of me.
بَيْنَ bayna between

الحديقة بَيْنَ منزلين.

al-ḥadīqa bayna manzilayn.

The park is between two houses.
بِجَانِبِ bijānibi next to

ذلك المتجر بجانب بيتي.

Dhalika l-matjaru bijanibi bayti.

That store is next to my house.
مُقَابِل muqābil across from

نسكن مقابل المتجر.

naskunu muqābila al-matjar.

We live across from the store.
نَحْوَ naḥwa towards

يمشي الأطفال نحو الشجرة الكبيرة.

yamshi al-atfal nahwa ash-shajara al-kabira.

The kids walk towards the big tree.