mn leAl, mn Hrs, mn Hnet
There are certain preposition that are made of two words like the
following examples. These are not the only double words of this kind.
1. mn leAl = above
mn leAl legebey
above the road
leTeyaret mn leAl ledebr Halfet
the air plane above the mountain passed
[ The air plane passed above the mountain.]
Proverb 28.1
Hesas mn leAl may lidena rebi
butter above water make us God
[ God make us butter above water= Save us God from all evil.]
2. mn teHat = (from)under , below
legebey mn teHat Adna teHalf
the road below our village it passes.
[The road passes below our village.]
mn teHat we mn leAl
from under and from above
3. mn Hrs = because of , owing to
mn Hrs eli msl melahyu tba'sa
because of this with his friend he quarreled
[ He quarreled with his friend because of this]
" mn Hrs " can also be substituted by " sebet " without change of
meaning
sebet eli msl melahyu tba'sa.
because of this with his friend he quarreled.
4. mn Hnet = instead of
mn Hnet fejr yom deyu
instead of tomorrow today do it
[ Do it today instead of tomorrow.]
mn Hnet ekit tthage azim Heys
instead bad you talk silence is better
[ Silence is better than you talk bad.]
mn Hnet enti geysi Huki ligis
instead of you(f,s) going your brother should go
[ Instead of you, your brother should go.]
5. mn Har/ mn reHar = behind, last
Both " mn Har" and "mn reHar" have the same meaning and
can be taken as a variance in the language use.
mn Har klu ata / or mn reHar klu ata.
behind every one he entered
[ he entered last.]
mn Har klu tehaga
behind every one he talked
[He talked last]
mn Har klu terfa
behind every one he remained
[ He was the last one/ he remained behind every one.]
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Today we have learned the following new words
Teyaret = air plane
ba'as = quarreling
(t)ba'sa = quarreled (he),
terfa = remained
azim = silence
ekit = bad , evil, (noun)
yom = today
fejr = tomorrow
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End of Lesson 28
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