Prepositions in The Algerian Dialect

In this grammar lesson, you will learn all the prepostions in the Algerian dialect and how they are used.

about_ /3’la/ عْلَى

هذا الكتاب يحكي عْلى الدّين

/ha:da: likta:b yi7ki: 3’la eddi:n/

This book talks about religion

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at  (place/time) _ /3’la/ عْلى /fi:/ في

راني في الدّار

/ra:ni: fi: edda:r/

I’m at home

نَخْدَم عْلى التْمِنْية

/nakhdam 3’la t’minya/

I start working at 8 

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by (place)_ /ki:ma/ كيما

أنا نُسْكُن كيما لْبْحَر

/ana noskon ki:ma lib7ar/

I live by the sea

by (time)_ /3’la/ /fi:/ في / عْلَى

هي تْكَمّل خِدْمَة عْلى السِتَّة

/hiya t’kammal khidma 3’la sitta/

She will finish work by 6

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from_ /min/ مِن

أنا مِن الدْزايِر

/ana min d’za:yir/

I’m from Algeria

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for (purpose/someone)_ /3’la:ja:l/ عْلاجال

دارت هَكدا عْلاجال خِتْها

/da:rit hakda: 3’la:ja:l khitha:/

She did this for her sister

for (duration)_ no translation 

It’s optional to use (وَحْد) before the duration word

سْكِنْت تِمّا (وَحْدْ) عشْر سْنين

/s’kint timma (wa7d) 3achr s’ni:b/
I lived there for ten years

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in (place/time)_ /fi:/ في 

نُسْكُن في نيويورك

/noskon fi: new york/

I live in New York

وْلِدْت في 1990

/w’lidit fi/ 1990

I was born in 1990

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of (someone)_ /ta3/ تَعْ

هادي المَسْرَحيَّة تَع شكسبير

/ha:di: masra7iya ta3/ Shakespeare

This is the play of Shakespeare

of (origin)_ /min/ من

مَخْدومَة من الذْهَب

/makhdouma min d’hab/

It is made of gold

of_ no translation

وزارة التَّربية

Ministry of Education

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to (place)_ /li/ لِ

راني رايح للْمَرْشي

/ra:ni: ra:yi7 lilmarchi:/

I’m going to the market

to (reason)_ /ba:ch/ باشْ

نَخْدَم باشْ نِرْبِح دْراهِم

/nakhdam ba:ch nirbi7 d’ra:him/

I work to earn some money

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with_ /m’3a/ مْعَ

نْروح مْع صَحْبْتي

/n’rou7 m’3a sa7bti/

I’m going with my friend

I hope you found this lesson helful. Thank you for reading!