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Prepositions & Case Endings

Prepositions, the genitive, and the system of case endings (i'rab).
فِي
in
fii
Preposition of place
عَلَى
on
'alaa
Preposition of place
مِنْ
from
min
Preposition of origin
إِلَى
to
ilaa
Preposition of direction
مَعَ
with
ma'a
Accompaniment
عَنْ
about/from
'an
A preposition
فِي البَيْتِ
in the house
fi al-bayti
A noun after a preposition is genitive
عَلَى الطَّاوِلَةِ
on the table
'ala at-taawilati
Genitive after the preposition
بِـ
with/by
bi
An attached preposition
لِـ
for/to
li
An attached preposition of possession