Position in Arabic and examples
- تَحْتَ (tahta), means under/below.
يَنَامُ القِطُّ تَحْتَ الكُرْسِيِّ- The cat sleeps under the chair.
- عَلَى means on.
الكُرَةُ عَلَى المَكْتَبِ- The ball is on the table.
- أَمَامَ , means in front of; opposite to.
السَّيَّارَةُ أَمَامَ البَيْتِ- The car is in front of the house.
- خَلْفَ means behind; back.
تَقِفُ مَرْيَمُ خَلْفَ أُمِّهَا- Maryam stands behind her mother.
- فَوْقَ means above.
الطَّائِرَةُ فَوْقَ المَدِيْنَةِ- The plane is above the city.
- وَسَطَ means middle; center.
أَبِيْ وَسَطَ زَوْجَاتِهِ- My father is in the middle of his wives.
- بَيْنَ means between.
القَلَمُ بَيْنَ كِتَابَيْنِ – The pen is between two books.
- دَاخِلَ means inside.
أَحْمَدُ دَاخِلَ السَّيَّارَةِ – Ahmad is inside the car.
- فِي means in.
أَيْنَ الطُّلاَّبُ ؟- Where are the students?
الطُّلاَّبُ فِي الفَصْلِ- The students is in the class.
- حَوْلَ (ḥawla), means around.
يَجْلِسُ الأَوْلاَدُ حَوْلَ الطَّاوِلَةِ – The boys sit around the table.
- عِنْدَ (‘inda), means with.
أَيْنَ المُدَرِّسُ ؟ – Where is the teacher?
المُدَرِّسُ عِنْدَ المُدِيْرِ – The teacher is with the headmaster.
- خَارِجَ means outside.
المُدَرِّسُ خَارِجَ الفَصْلِ – The teacher is outside the class.
Directions in Arabic
- غَرْبًا means west.
- شَرْقًا means east.
- شَمَالاً means north.
- جَنُوبًا means south.
- شِمَالاً or يَسَارًا means left.
- يَمِينًا means right.
- بِجَانِبِ means beside.