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Conjunctions and Prepositions



Conjunctions:


  • and - w-
  • so - çizan
  • or - çaw/walla/yâ
  • but - bass/lêqin


Examples:


The girl and the boy - l-binet wiş-şabi
You (masc.) want coffee or tea? - baddaq çahwe çaw/walla cây
Me or him - yâ çana yâ huwwi
Tall but fat - ţawîl bass nâşix

Prepositions:


  • to/for - la-
  • at/in/by/with - b-/b + Article Prefix = bil-
  • on/about/to/against - ýala/ýa-
  • about/from - ýan
  • from/of/than - min/mni/mn + Article Prefix = mnil-
  • with/at/Fr. 'chez' - ýand
  • with - maý
  • without - bala/bidûn


Examples:


Who's car is that? - la-mîn has-siyyâra
Her son is in Lebanon. - çibna b-Libnên
Take me to my house. - kidni ýa-beyti
Far from my country - býîd ýan baladi
She's from Mexico - hiyyi mnil-Maqsîq
At the doctor's - ýand il-xaqîm
They're with her - hinni maýa
Without manners - bala çadab

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