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"Where is the Monkey?", Arabic Short Story with English Subtitles (Prepositions)
Updated: Sep 18, 2019
"Where is the monkey?" is a simple short story in Arabic, in a PDF downloadable format, aimed at beginners and kids, to demonstrate the equivalents of English prepositions in Arabic; or simply to know how to respond to the question "Where?". The story or prepositions guide has English translation and transcription, as well as descriptive pictures, to help the reader.
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For the workbook, click here or on the picture below. (Remember all material is also in the Downloads page).
Here is a quick reference for the equivalents of the most common English prepositions in Arabic:
on: fawka / 'ala فوق / على
under/ below: tahta تحت
at: 'inda عند
in front of: amaama أمام
behind: khalfa / waraa'a خلف / وراء
inside / into: daakhila داخل
next to: bijaanibi بجانب
outside: khaarija خارج
between / among: bayna بين
around: hawla حول
up: a'la أعلى
down: asfala أسفل
upstairs: a'ala ad-daraj أعلى الدّرج
downstairs: asfala ad-daraj أسفل الدّرج
along / alongside / parallel to: bimohaazaati بمحاذاة
opposite: mokaabila مقابل
towards: bi-t-ti-jaahi باتجاه
close to/ near: kareeb
far: ba'eed بعيد
from: min من
to: ila إلى
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