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
