If you're trying to learn Moroccan Prepositions you will find some useful resources including a course about time and place prepositions and and demonstrative pronouns... to help you with your Moroccan grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Moroccan. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Moroccan 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 Moroccan language. But first we need to know what the role of Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Moroccan.
Moroccan 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 | Moroccan Prepositions/ Arabic Script |
|---|---|
| Prepositions | - حروف الجر |
| inside the house | faddare - داخل المنزل |
| outside the car | barra siyara - خارج السيارة |
| with me | maaya - معي |
| without him | bla bihe - بدونه |
| under the table | tahte tabla - تحت الطاولة |
| after tomorrow | baade ghadda - بعد غد |
| before sunset | kbale lghouroube - قبل الغروب |
| but I'm busy | walakine mashgouke - ولكن أنا مشغول |
Notice the structure of the Prepositions in Moroccan.
Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Moroccan placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Moroccan vocabulary.
| English Prepositions | Moroccan Prepositions/ Arabic Script |
|---|---|
| about | hawle - حول |
| above | fouke - فوق |
| across | aabre - عبر |
| after | baade - بعد |
| against | datte - ضد |
| among | bine - بين |
| around | hawle - حول |
| as | bhale - كما |
| at | fi - في |
| before | kable - قبل |
| behind | moura - وراء |
| below | akalle mane - أقل من |
| beneath | tahte - تحت |
| beside | hda - بجانب |
| between | bine - بين |
| beyond | moura - وراء |
| but | walakine - لكن |
| by | mane kable - من قبل |
| despite | bazzaze aaliya - على الرغم من |
| down | tahte - أسفل |
| during | khilale - خلال |
| except | illa ida - إلا |
| for | ila - إلى |
| from | mane - من |
| in | fi - في |
| inside | ldakkhale - داخل |
| into | hatta - إلى |
| near | hda - قرب |
| next | ly tabou - التالي |
| of | mane - من |
| on | fi - في |
| opposite | maakasse - معاكس |
| out | barra - خارج |
| outside | man barra - خارج |
| over | khillale - خلال |
| per | lkoulle - لكل |
| plus | zaide - زائد |
| round | touni - جولة |
| since | mnine - منذ |
| than | mane - من |
| through | mine khilale - من خلال |
| till | hatta - حتى |
| to | ila - إلى |
| toward | mane - نحو |
| under | tahte - تحت |
| unlike | aaksse - على عكس |
| until | hatta - حتى |
| up | fouke - فوق |
| via | b - بواسطة |
| with | maa - مع |
| within | fihe - ضمن |
| without | blashe - بدون |
| two words | zouje kalmate - كلمتين |
| according to | bahssabe - بحسب |
| because of | bsbabe - بسبب |
| close to | kriba mane - قريبة من |
| due to | bsbabe - بسبب |
| except for | mane ghire - باستثناء |
| far from | baaide - بعيد عن |
| inside of | mane dakhale - داخل |
| instead of | badalane mane - بدلا من |
| near to | kribe mane - بالقرب من |
| next to | hda - قرب |
| outside of | barra - خارج |
| prior to | kable - قبل |
| three words | - ثلاث كلمات |
| as far as | bkdare ma - بقدر ما |
| as well as | wa kadalike - وكذلك |
| in addition to | zide aaliha - بالإضافة إلى |
| in front of | gaddame - أمام |
| in spite of | bazzaze man - على الرغم من |
| on behalf of | bismy - باسم |
| on top of | houke - فوق |
| demonstrative pronouns | - برهانية حروف الجر |
| this | hadike - هذا |
| that | hdake - أن |
| these | hadouke - هؤلاء |
| those | hadouke - هؤلاء |
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