Governors and Prepositions: Worked Examples

Level 21: Governors and Prepositions

Example and grammatical analysis

Arabic exampleMeaningGrammatical point
مِنَ الْبَيْتِfrom the houseMin expresses a starting point.
إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِto the mosqueIlā expresses an endpoint.
فِي الدَّارِin the houseFī expresses containment.
بِزَيْدٍwith or by ZaydThe noun is genitive after bāʾ.