Lesson summary
• A governor is a word or meaning that affects the ending of an inflected word; prepositions make nouns genitive.
• مِنَ الْبَيْتِ: Min expresses a starting point.
• إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ: Ilā expresses an endpoint.
• فِي الدَّارِ: Fī expresses containment.
• بِزَيْدٍ: The noun is genitive after bāʾ.
Next step: Identify the governor, governed word, and case sign separately in each example.
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Governors and Prepositions: Review and Application
Level 21: Governors and Prepositions
Lesson summary
• A governor is a word or meaning that affects the ending of an inflected word; prepositions make nouns genitive.
• مِنَ الْبَيْتِ: Min expresses a starting point.
• إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ: Ilā expresses an endpoint.
• فِي الدَّارِ: Fī expresses containment.
• بِزَيْدٍ: The noun is genitive after bāʾ.
Next step: Identify the governor, governed word, and case sign separately in each example.