What is a preposition?

A preposition is a word used to link nouns, pronouns, or phrases to other words within a sentence. They act to connect the people, objects, time and locations of a sentence.  Prepositions are usually short words, and they are normally placed directly in front of nouns. In some cases, you’ll find prepositions in front of gerund verbs.

Prepositions of Time

• At – This preposition of time is used to discuss clock times, holidays and festivals, and other very specific time frames including exceptions, such as “at night.”
• In – This preposition of time is used to discuss months, seasons, years, centuries, general times of day, and longer periods of time such as “in the past.”
• On – This preposition of time is used to discuss certain days of the week or portions of days of the week, specific dates, and special days such as “on New Year’s Day.”

Prepositions of Place

A preposition of place is a preposition which is used to refer to a place where something or someone is located. There are only three prepositions of place, however they can be used to discuss an almost endless number of places.

• At – A preposition of place which is used to discuss a certain point
• In – A preposition of place which is used to discuss an enclosed space
• On – A preposition of time which is used to discuss a surface

حروف الجر

حروف الجر هي حروف مختصّة بالأسماء وهي: مِن، إلى، عن، على، في، الباء، الكاف، اللام، الواو، التاء، رُبّ، مُذ، منذ، خلا، عدا، حاشا. قد تزاد (ما) بعد حروف الجر: من، عن، الباء، لتصبح: ممّا، عمّا، بِما، فلا تؤثِر في وظيفتها بالجر، ويبقى الاسم بعدها مجرورا، مثل: سنحضر عما قريب.

The translation of prepositions is quite easy since this category of words exists in Arabic as in English. However context must be taken into account.