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Directions
Objective: By the end of the chapter, you will be able to:

• use prepositions to describe the locations of objects

• give and receive directions to places around town

Prepositions
to / for l until нtta l 

in / at f  above / on fuq 

from mn
 below / under tнt 
with m‫ع‬a  in front of qddam 
(someone)
with / by / by mqabl m‫ع‬a
b facing 
 
means of
without bla  behind mura 

on / about ‫ع‬la  next to нda 

between bin  before qbl



of, belonging
d / dyal
 /  after b‫ع‬d 
to

kora snduq
Exercise: fin l-kora? 
 

1 2 3

4
l-kora fuq s-snduq.
.  

5 6 7
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Directions

Vocabulary
hospital /
hotel l-otil  s-sbitar  

health center
post office l-bosta  
pharmacy l-frmasyan  

train station la-gar   mosque j-jam‫ع‬ 

l-maнtta d
bus station 
    public phone t-telebutik   
l-kiran

l-maнtta d   
city bus stop store l-нanut 
t-tubisat  

bank l-banka 
 avenue š-šari‫ع‬ 

public bath l-нmmam  street z-znqa 

restaurant r-ristora !  alley d-drb "

café l-qhwa !# far (from) b‫ع‬id (mn) ()  $

cyber café s-siber   close (to) qrib (mn) () " %

school l-mdrasa  here hna &

weekly market s-suq ' there tmma 

Expressions

Where is ... please? fin kayn(a) ... ‫ع‬afak. .+, ... (!) 
 *
weš kayn(a) ši ...
Is there a ... close? 0(!)" % ... / (!) 
-
qrib(a)?
Go straight. sir nišan. .   

Turn right. dur ‫ع‬l limn. .  1, 2

Turn left. dur ‫ع‬l lisr. .  1, 2

Go ahead a bit. zid šwiya l qddam. .    

Pass the first street. fut z-znqa l-luwla. .  *

The 2nd street, yes. z-znqa tenya iyeh. .3 4   

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Dialogue
Jason u Brahim f l-maнtta d l-kiran. .   
     
Jason: s-salamu ‫ع‬alaykum. .  : 
Brahim: wa ‫ع‬alaykum s-salam. .   :
‫ع‬afak?
Jason: fin la-gar  ! " : 
Brahim: sir nišan нtta l z-znqa
#  $$ %&' ( ) $ *&  :
t-talta u dur ‫ع‬l lisr, u
mn b‫ع‬d zid nišan нtta l ( ) $ *& ' +  , (
l-bar u dur ‫ع‬l limn. . ! - $ .  ( #  
tmma la-gar.
Jason: barak llah u fik. ."  /  : 
Brahim: kat-tkllm l-‫ع‬rbiya
! ' +   $ :
mzyan!
Jason: šwiya u safi. .1"2  * : 
Brahim: weš nta fransawi? 3&" 4& 5 :
Jason: lla, ana mirikani. lla
. &8 / .1&6 &7 ,! : 
y-hnnik.
Brahim: bslama. .  9 :

Exercise: Using the same map, give each person directions.

1. Dave is in the sbitar and wants to go to l-bosta.
2. Anna is in the maнtta and wants to go to l-otil.
3. Stephen is in the marši and wants to go to s-siber.
4. Hakim is in the нanut and wants to go to l-нmmam.

l-нmmam r-ristora la gar s-siber

‫ا
ّم‬ ‫ا رة‬  ‫ا‬

l-bar ‫ا
ر‬
l-qhwa l-frmasyan l-banka
‫اة‬ ‫َن‬#‫ا‬ َ‫ا‬
l-mdrasa l-marši j-jrda
َ‫ار‬ ‫ار‬ ‫ادة‬

t-telebutik

‫ا‬ нanut
‫"!ت‬

l-otil l-bosta j-jam‫ع‬

  ‫ا‬ 
‫ا‬

maнtt
at l-kiran s-sbitar
‫َ
 اان‬ ‫ ر‬