Arabic Prepositions List
Prepositions will help you link ideas and form sentences. Here is a list of the most common Arabic time and place prepositions, as well as the demonstrative pronouns. These words are the building blocks of time and place, absolutely critical that you master them in your language efforts. You will find them very useful when you are forming ideas and sentences in your mind and trying to translate.
English Preposition |
Arabic Preposition |
| One Word Prepositions | |
| about | حَوْل – hawl |
| above | فَوْق – fawq |
| across | عَبْر – ‘abr |
| after | بَعْد – ba’d |
| against | ضِد – thed |
| among | بَيْن – baeen |
| around | حَوْل – hawl |
| as | كَمَا – kamaa |
| at | فِي – feee |
| before | قَبْل – qabl |
| behind | وَرَاء – waraa’ |
| below | أَقُل مِن – aaqol men |
| beneath | تَحْت – taht |
| beside | بِجَانِب – bejaaneb |
| between | بَيْن – baeen |
| beyond | وَرَاء – waraa’ |
| but | لَكِن – laken |
| by | مِن قَبْل – men qabl |
| despite | عَلَى الْرَّغْم مِن – ‘alaa alraghm men |
| down | أَسْفَل – aasfal |
| during | خِلَال – khelaal |
| except | إِلَا – eelaa |
| for | إِلَى – eelaa |
| from | مِن – men |
| in | فِي – feee |
| inside | دَاخِل – daakhel |
| into | إِلَى – eelaa |
| near | قُرْب – qorb |
| next | الْتَّالِي – altaaleee |
| of | مِن – men |
| on | فِي – feee |
| opposite | مُعَاكِس – mo’aakes |
| out | خَارِج – khaarej |
| outside | خَارِج – khaarej |
| over | خِلَال – khelaal |
| per | لِكُل – lekol |
| plus | زَائِد – zaa’ed |
| round | جَوْلَة – jawlah |
| since | مُنْذ – month |
| than | مِن – men |
| through | مِن خِلَال – men khelaal |
| till | حَتَّى – hataa |
| to | إِلَى – eelaa |
| toward | نَحْو – nahw |
| under | تَحْت – taht |
| unlike | عَلَى عَكْس – ‘alaa ‘aks |
| until | حَتَّى – hataa |
| up | فَوْق – fawq |
| via | بِوَاسِطَة – bewaasetah |
| with | مَع – ma’ |
| within | ضِمْن – themn |
| without | بِدُوْن – bedown |
Two Word Prepositions |
|
| according to | بِحَسَب – behasab |
| because of | بِسَبَب – besabab |
| close to | قَرِيْبَة مِن – qareeebah men |
| due to | بِسَبَب – besabab |
| except for | بِاسْتِثْنَاء – beastethnaa’ |
| far from | بُعَيْد عَن – bo’aeed ‘an |
| inside of | دَاخِل – daakhel |
| instead of | بَدَلَا مِن – badalaa men |
| near to | بِالْقُرْب مِن – bealqorb men |
| next to | قُرْب – qorb |
| outside of | خَارِج – khaarej |
| prior to | قَبْل – qabl |
Three Word Prepositions |
|
| as far as | بِقَدَر مَّا – beqadar maa |
| as well as | وَكَذَلِك – wakathalek |
| in addition to | بِالْإِضَافَة إِلَى – bealeethaafah eelaa |
| in front of | أَمَام – aamaam |
| in spite of | عَلَى الْرَّغْم مِن – ‘alaa alraghm men |
| on behalf of | بِاسْم – beasm |
| on top of | فَوْق – fawq |
Demonstratives |
|
| this (masc.) | هَذَا – hathaa |
| this (fem.) | هذه – haadihi |
| that (masc.) | ذلك – daalika |
| that (fem.) | تلك – tilka |
| that (said that, did that…) | أَن – aan |
| these (masc, fem, human) | هَؤُلَاء – ha’olaa’ |
| those (masc, fem, human) | هَؤُلَاء – ha’olaa’ |
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