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Directions


Directions:



  • where? - wên?
  • place - maxall {êt}/maţrax {maţârix}
  • here - hôn(e)
  • there - honîq(e)
  • right - yamîn
  • left - cmêl
  • up/above/over - fôç
  • down/under/beneath - taxet
  • on/over - ýa-/ýala
  • in front of - çiddêm
  • behind - wara
  • next to/along - xadd/janab/janb
  • across from/facing - bil-wijj/mçâbîl/muçâbil
  • near/close to - çarîb min
  • far from - býîd ýan
  • before - çabel
  • after - baýd
  • between - bên
  • in the middle/amid - bin-noşş/bil-wasaţ
  • inside - juwwa/juwwêt/b-çalb
  • outside of/out of - barra/barrât
  • further - çabýad
  • straight ahead - ðogri
  • north - cmêl
  • south - jnûb
  • east - carç
  • west - garb

Note:


  • The Lebanese word 'left - cmêl', also means 'north'.



Examples:


Where are you? - waynaq(iq)
Where's that place? - wên hal-maţrax
Which place? - çayy maxàll
To where? - la-wên
To the right - ýal-yamîn
To the left - ýac-cmêl
Behind me - warâyi
Above it - fawço(a)
Beneath him - taxto
Next to her - xadda/janba
Between them - baynêton
From a distance - mni býîd


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