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Learning the Egyptian Prepositions is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Egyptian language. But first we need to know what the role of Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Egyptian.
Egyptian prepositions link nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition. Here are some examples:
English Prepositions | Egyptian Prepositions |
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Prepositions | |
inside the house | guoh alebit - جوه البيت |
outside the car | bereh ale3erebya - بره العربية |
with me | me3aya - معايا |
without him | men ghireh - من غيره |
under the table | te7et aleterebiza - تحت التربيزة |
after tomorrow | be3ed bekera - بعد بكرة |
before sunset | 2ebel gherob aleshemes - قبل غروب الشمس |
but I'm busy | bes ana mesheghol - بس أنا مشغول |
Notice the structure of the Prepositions in Egyptian.
Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Egyptian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Egyptian vocabulary.
English Prepositions | Egyptian Prepositions |
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about | 3en - عن |
above | fo2 - فوق |
across | |
after | be3ed - بعد |
against | ded - ضد |
among | bin - بين |
around | 7walin - حوالين |
as | zi - زي |
at | fi - في |
before | 2ebel - قبل |
behind | ora - ورا |
below | te7et - تحت |
beneath | te7et - تحت |
beside | guemeb - جمب |
between | bin - بين |
beyond | ora - ورا |
but | bes - بس |
by | b - ب |
despite | 3ela alereghem men - على الرغم من |
down | te7et - تحت |
during | athena' - أثناء |
except | ma3eda - ماعدا |
for | l - ل |
from | men - من |
in | fi - في |
inside | guoh - جوه |
into | fi - في |
near | 2erib - قريب |
next | aleli guai / guaya - اللي جاي/ جاية |
of | |
on | 3ela - على |
opposite | 2esad - قصاد |
out | bera - برة |
outside | bera - برة |
over | |
per | l - ل |
plus | za'ed - زائد |
round | 7walin - حوالين |
since | mene+ Time - من+ Time |
than | men - من |
through | men khelal - من خلال |
till | leghaya_ le7ed - لغاية_ لحد |
to | l - ل |
toward | teguah - تجاه |
under | te7et - تحت |
unlike | ghir - غير |
until | leghaya_ le7ed - لغاية_ لحد |
up | fo2 - فوق |
via | 3en teri2 - عن طريق |
with | me3 - مع |
within | fi khelal - في خلال |
without | men ghir - من غير |
two words | |
according to | baleneseba l - بالنسبة ل |
because of | 3eshan - عشان |
close to | 2erib men - قريب من |
due to | besebeb - بسبب |
except for | ma3eda - ماعدا |
far from | be3id 3en - بعيد عن |
inside of | guwa - جوة |
instead of | bedel men - بدل من |
near to | 2erib men - قريب من |
next to | guemeb - جمب |
outside of | bera - برة |
prior to | 2ebel - قبل |
three words | |
as far as | be3id zi - بعيد زي |
as well as | beredo - برضو |
in addition to | baladafa l - بالأضافة ل |
in front of | 2edam - قدام |
in spite of | balereghem men - بالرغم من |
on behalf of | balenyaba 3en - بالنيابة عن |
on top of | fo2 keda - فوق كدة |
demonstrative pronouns | |
this | da / di / - دا/ دي/ |
that | da / di / - دا/ دي/ |
these | dol - دول |
those | dol - دول |
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