Lesson 76 – الدَّرْسُ السَّادِسُ والسَّبْعونَ
The meanings of the prepositions - معاني حروف الجر
The preposition (ilā)- حرف الجر " إِلَى "
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- The original meaning of (ilā) is the circumstantial English preposition (to) referring to the destination of place, time, action, or person. Consider the following examples:
Type of destination | English | Arabic |
Place | I went to the mosque | |
Time | I slept from midday to the afternoon | |
Person | I said this to all students | |
Action | I have been working to the end of the project | |
Action | I stayed in Iraq till the war |
- The preposition (ilā) has other different meanings as (for) and (with) etc. Consider the following structures:
Meaning of preposition | English | Arabic |
For | This work is better to me than other works | |
For | Travelling to Mecca is more liked to me than to any other country | السَّفَرُ إلى مَكَّةَ أَحَبُّ إلى أَبِي مِنْ أَيِّ بَلَدٍ آخر |
With | I talked much with (to) my friends |