These prepositions are called compound prepositions, or multisyllabic prepositions. Like most prepositions, they have both literal and figurative meanings. David explains.

The need for this particular grammar arises from the peculiar shape of the MDiv curriculum at Asbury Theological Seminary. Several years ago the faculty adopted a curriculum that required one semester of Greek and one semester of Hebrew, each as preparatory for a basic exegesis course in each discipline.

It became clear after several years of trial and error that a “lexical” or “tools” approach to learning Greek and Hebrew was inadequate, no matter how skilled the instructors or how motivated the students. In today's general vacuum of grammatical training in public education across the United States, students typically enter seminary training with no knowledge of how languages work. Any training we might give them in accessing grammatical information through the use of Bible software programs will, we learned, come to naught in the absence of an understanding of just what such information actually means. We agreed that we actually needed to “teach the language itself,” at least in some rudimentary fashion, if we hoped students would make sense of grammatical and linguistic issues involved biblical interpretation.

The first 12 chapters of this grammar are designed to correspond to the first semester's instructional agenda. In these chapters we introduce all the parts of speech, explain and drill the basic elements of grammar, set forth the larger verb system (excluding the perfect system), teach the tenses of the Indicative Mood only (again, excluding the perfect system), and help students build a vocabulary of all NT words occurring 100 times or more. We also lead students into the NT itself with carefully chosen examples, while at the same time guiding them in each lesson to learn the use of the standard NT lexicon [BDAG] and an exegetical grammar [Wallace's Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics]. We are well aware of the limitations of this approach, but genuinely believe that some instruction along these lines is better than none, and that such an approach provide a foundation for students interested in moving beyond the first semester (into chapters 13-24) into a firmer grasp of the language of the NT.

Where is the window in your class?  In this seminar you will learn how to conjugate the verb "estar" to tell where something is and use location words to describe their location in more detail.ACTFL StandardsCommunication: Interpersonal Communication and Presentational CommunicationComparisons: Language ComparisonsCommunities: School and Global CommunitiesLearning TargetI can ask about and identify familiar things in a picture from a storyHabits of MindThinking and communicating with clarity and precisionCritical Thinking SkillClassifying 

In this activity, students are going to practice their prepositions. The lab instructor will read out the steps below and the students will draw what you say on their whiteboard. Students will also play a game of "I Spy" to practice using prepositions.

In this activity, students are going to practice their prepositions. The instructor will read out the steps below, and the students will draw what you say on their whiteboard. Students will also play a game of "I Spy" to practice using prepositions.

In this activity, students are going to practice their prepositions, as well as their school supplies vocabulary. 

In this activity, students will be looking at maps and practicing giving/understanding directions.

In this activity, students will talk about modes of transportation and practice finding their way through a city using a map. Students will learn more about traveling, directions, and transportation. Additionally, students will learn how to get from one point to another in an unfamiliar city.

In this activity, students will practice talking about what they have to do and the errands they have to complete throughout the day. Students will also practice describe their schedule when completing errands.

In this activity, students will practice talking about what they have to do and the errands they have to complete throughout the day. Students will also practice describe their schedule when completing errands.

In this activity, students will practice describing their "ideal" French plaza. Students will also take a quiz relating to directions and will practice giving directions to each other.

In this activity, students will practice giving directions and observing public plazas from French speaking countries.

In this activity students will practice presenting a French national park of their choice. They will also practice sharing their personal experiences and opinions with national parks.

Prépositions de lieu
This French location prepositions cheat sheet will help students quickly identify French prepositions with graphics illustrating the location of an emoji compared to a box.

Part of an appendix to the eMuslim website, this is a document containing simple grammar reference charts. The charts do not contain explanations but rather Arabic examples of each grammatical concept. Concepts covered include subject and predicate, nouns and adjectives, the genitive case, plurals, gender, prepositions, possessive pronouns, verb conjugations, imperatives, active and passive participles, and masdars. The reference is two pages.

This website includes the entire Qur'an, searchable by chapter. An audio component is available for users to listen to the Qur'an as they are reading it in Arabic and in English translation. English words in red include exegesis of the term. The 'learn Arabic' portion of this Qur'an website includes analysis of Arabic grammatical structures. Included are charts of the alphabet, personal pronouns, prepositions, verbs and adverbs, and a verbal sentence equation that helps students construct sentences by choosing a subject, verb, and direct object.

As each language has its own alphabet, it also has its own grammar. For English, all the words we see are divided into nine classes or categories. These classes are called Parts of Speech. The dictionaries we use always mention the category of the word and tell us if a word is used in multiple categories of the Parts of Speech.
Knowing the grammar of a language will not enable fluency in your speaking or writing, but it helps. Knowing the functions of the elements of language (i.e. words) helps us in their appropriate and accurate use. This preamble is necessary so as to make us read the definitions and explanations as a new thing; devoid of the stereotyping that happened to us at schools.

This lesson plan is an introduction to phrasal verbs, with a focus on transitive phrasal verbs. Even though it is an introductory lesson plan, it is designed for your intermediate-level students because a strong understanding of advanced verb tenses is recommended. It begins by identifying multi-word verbs and then moves on to introduce phrasal verbs like to call up, to jot down, and to pick out, among others. Students will then move on to other exercises such as gap-fill and sentence-matching activities to practice.If you want additional lesson plans and support, including teachers’ notes, be sure to register for a free Off2Class account.

Students play with and explore prepositions during a whole group reading of Ruth Heller's Behind the Mask, and then by composing and publishing prepositional poems based on the book's style.