Prepositions Flashcards
a. “after” (temporal and spatial)
b. “behind”
Indicates spatial positioning (= localization) or temporal positioning (after)
(Van de Merwe).
a. “to” / “toward” (movement or process)
Usually la# (“to X”) stands in opposition to /m! (“from X”)
b. “against”
Localizes the goal of a movement or process (usually with reference to a
specific person or place) (Van de Merwe).
“beside”
Indicates spatial positioning: beside (Van de Merwe).
“with” or “together with”
Indicates spatial positioning: proximity to something else
“in” / “within”
“at” / “on”
+ infinitive construct = “while”
before
between
through / for the sake of
note: כמו
“like” / “as”
“according to”
“about”
+ infinitive construct = “when” / “after”
possession: “of” / “belonging to”
+ infinitive construct = “in order that”
purpose: “in order that” / “for the sake of”
result: “so that”
“before”
“from”
“out of”
comparison: “more than” / “greater than”
“away from the presence of” / “from before”
“on account of” / “because”
“in front of” / “before” / “against”
around
“up to” / “to” / “until”
“on” / “upon” / “over” / “above” / “on top of” / “against”
with
“under” / “beneath”
