In this lesson, we will learn prepositions in Gulf Arabic and particles
| في fii In | |
| في البت fii-elbeyt in the house | |
| في المطعم fil-mad3am in the resautrant | |
| في السيارة fis-sayaara in the car | |
| أنا في المطار anaa fel-madaar Iam in the airport | |
| أنا في الطيارة anaa fi et-tayaara Iam in the airpline |
| بـ bi In | |
| أنا بالبيت anaa bil-beyt I am in the house | |
| أنا بالمطار anaa bilmadaar Iam in the airport | |
| أنا بالمطيارة anaa bi t-tayaara Iam in the Airpline |
| عند 3inda at | |
| عند البوابة 3indal bawaabah at the Gates |
| على 3laa on | |
| عـل 3a is the abbreviation form of 3laعلى use before a word beginning with el الـ |
عالكرسي3alkirsii on the chair |
| فوق foog on/over | |
| الصندوق فوق الثلاجة es-sanduuq dooq et-thalaajah The box is on top the fridge |
| تحت ta7at under | |
| تحت الطولة Ta7ta et-tlowah Under the table |
Note ملاحظة : prepositions can be attached to personal pronoun suffixes
| جدام/قدام judaam in front of | |
| جدامك judaamak in front of you (M) | |
| صِينِيَّة عِيش و لَحَم جِدَّامِك بِتَاكِل و اِلا مَا بِتَاكِل a plate of rice and meat in front of you. Would you eat or not? |
| وراء waraa behind | |
| وَرَاجي waraajii behind you |
وَرَاجي اِرتِبَاطَات و مَسؤُولِيَّاتwaraachii wa irrtibaaTaaT wo masuuliyyaat you have responsibilities and commitments lit. behind you responsibilities and commitments |
| جمب/يمب yemb next to | |
| يمب الباب yemb elbaab next to the door |
| بين been between | |
| بينهم حمام beenaatatum 7ammaam Toiltet in between them |
| قبل gabal before |
| بعد ba3ad after |