حُرُوفُ الْجَرِّ
In, on, from, to
Four little prepositions that place things in space. (Nominal vs verbal sentences and masculine/feminine come in later lessons.)
14 steps · 5 words · 9 kinds of practice
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الْمَطْبَخُ
al-matbakh
MEANS
the kitchen
Grammar
Four tiny words for 'where'
These glue a thing to a place: 'in the house', 'on the book', 'to the kitchen'.
English
Arabic
in
fii
فِي
in
on
`alaa
عَلَىٰ
on
from
min
مِنْ
from
to
ilaa
إِلَىٰ
to
Sentence
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الْمِفْتَاحُفِيالْبَيْتِ
The key is in the house.
فِيin
After فِي the next word's ending shifts from -u to -i. That's the preposition at work — don't worry, just notice it for now.
Practice
Then 11 questions, mixing listening, speaking, matching and building sentences. Try one:
- Picture quiz
- Find the picture
- Multiple choice×2
- Fill the gap×2
- Match pairs
- Listening
- Translate
- Speaking
- Word order
Choose the answer
Which means "on the book"?
Words in this lesson
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المطبخ
the kitchen
في
in
على
on
من
from
إلى
to