Booklet › Stop 1 · People & Places › Place & compass
المكان والجهات
al-makān wal-jihāt
Two jobs in one: the prepositions that put a thing somewhere, and the compass points that locate a country.وظيفتان: حروفُ الجر التي تحدد الموضع، والجهاتُ التي تحدد البلد.
| Arabic | Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|
| في | fī | in |
| على | ʿalā | on |
| من | min | from |
| إلى | ilā | to |
| قرب | qurba | near |
| بجانب | bijānibi | next to |
| مقابل | muqābila | opposite |
| بين | bayna | between |
| أمام | amāma | in front of |
| خلف | khalfa | behind |
| Arabic | English |
|---|---|
| شمال | north |
| جنوب | south |
| شرق | east |
| غرب | west |
| شمال شرق | north-east |
| جنوب غرب | south-west |
| وسط | centre |
في شمال أفريقيا means inside North Africa. إلى الشمال من مصر means outside Egypt, to its north. The exam tests exactly this difference.«في شمال» داخل المكان، و«إلى الشمال من» خارجه.