English	Lebanese	Notes	Pronouns
about	3an  7kee 3an gheir shee: Talk about something else.	Careful: in Lebanese you don't say think about, but think in, so for that verb you'd get:  3am bfakker bi sheghle: I'm thinking about my work. 3am bfakker feek: I'm thinking about you.  See "in" for more details.	3anno 3anna 3annon 3annak 3annik 3ankon 3anne 3anna
after	ba3d, men ba3d  Ba3d el saff, ryé7a: After class, rest.	As far as I know the two are largely interchangeable, except in all prepositions where men can occur, it always seems to denote movement, as in the difference between being after something and passing after something.	Ba3do Ba3da Ba3don Ba3dak Ba3dik Ba3dkon Ba3de Ba3dna
at	3nd  Wselet 3nd el-7akeem: I arrived at the doctor's		3ndo 3nda 3ndon 3ndak 3ndik 3n(d)kon 3nde 3enna
before (time)	'abl  Kent 'ablon: I was before them.		'ablo 'abla 'ablon 'ablak 'ablik 'ablkon 'able 'ablna
before/in front of (place)	'eddem, men 'eddem  Khalloo 'eddem el beb: leave it before the door. Ma temro' men 'eddem: don't pass in front.	See note in "after".	'eddemo 'eddema 'eddemon 'eddemak 'eddemik 'eddemkon 'eddeme 'eddemna
behind	wara, men wara  (as 'eddem) Ntebhe waráke: Watch out behind you	See note in "after".	Waráh Waráha Waráhon Warák Waráke Warákon Waráye Warána
beside/next to	7add, men 7add  (as 'eddem and wara)	See note in "after".	7addo 7adda 7addon 7addak 7addik 7addkon 7adde 7addna
between	beyn, beynét  Beyn el-kneese w el-tromba: Bteween the church and the gas station. Khelliya beynétna: Leave it between us.	Beynét, plural of beyn, seems reserved to be used with pronouns for phonetic reasons.	Beynéton Beynétkon Beynétna
facing	men 'ebal  Beyte men 'ebal Monoprix: My house is facing Monoprix	This can also be used in another context: Jeye men 'ebal beyye: I come in the name of my father.	Men 'ebalo Men 'ebala Men 'ebalon Men 'ebalak Men 'ebalik Men 'ebalkon Men 'ebale Men 'ebalna
for	la-  Hel hdiyyeh la l-máma: This gift is for my mother. Háy la-ele! This belongs to me! ("for me"; can also be said simply Háy ele, or "this is mine"). La-meen el telefón? Whos ephoen is this?		La-elo La-ela La-elon La-elak La-elik La-elkon La-ele La-elna
from	men  Jéye men b3eed: He/she comes from far away. Mesh menne: That's not from me.		Menno Menna Mennon Mennak Mennik Menkon Menne Menna
in	bi- before a word, fee- before a pronoun, bi-alb if there is real space involved.  Kabba bil-may: He threw it into the water  Fét fiye: he bumped into me  Khabbit el-masáre bi-alb takhta: She hid the money inside her bed.		Feeh Fiya Fiyon Feek Feeke Feekon Fiyye Feena
like, as	metl  Wejja metl el 'amar: Her face is like the moon (this is a compliment). Metl ma eltellak heydeek el-yóm… as I told you the other day…	Metl… metl… is used to say "… and … are in the same situation, are birds of a feather"  - Shou sayer? - Metle metlak, ma ma3e khabar. (- What's happening? - I am like you, I have no clue!)
on	3a  Tarakt el-ktáb 3al-táwle: I left the book on the table. Da3as 3a eede: he stepped on my hand.	3a is a contraction of Arabic 3ala. The fuller form re-emerges when followed by a pronoun.	3aléh 3aleya 3aleyon 3alék 3aleyke 3aleykon 3aleyye 3aleyna
above	fó'  Séken fó' night-club: I live above a night-club.	To obtain the meaning of "up, upwards", we add la.  Ttalla3 la fó': Look up.  When it is followed by a pronoun, phonetics demand that the original word, fawq, be partially returned to.	Faw'o Faw'a Faw'on Faw'ak Faw'ik Faw'kon Faw'e Faw'na
under, beneath	ta7t, men ta7t  Fee furn ta7t el bét: There's a bakery under the house.	See note in "after". However, I notice that when the pronouns replace human beings, we almost always use men ta7t. The reason for this is that ta7tak, ta7te have come to mean "your underwear, my underwear…"	Ta7to Ta7ta Ta7ton Ta7tak Ta7tik Ta7tkon Ta7te Ta7tna
until	la 7ad ma  Kell shee kén mnee7 la 7ad ma fata7 temmo: Everything was going fine until he opened his mouth.		See "from"
without	bala  Kteer bala e7sés: He/she's very insensitive. Rje3et 3al bét bala kheyye: I came home without my brother.		Baléh Baléha Baléhon Balék Baléke Balékon Baléye Baléna

Chapter 17: Conjunctions

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