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True Prepositions

"from, of" از

"with" با

"to, with" به

"in" در

"on" بر

"as far as" تا

"without" بی

"except" جز

"for" برای

Prepositions precede the nouns they govern and are not linked to them by the Ezafa:

"from the house" از خانه

"without money" بی پیسه

"in the room" در اطاق

"to the school" به مکتب

Some prepositions are often compounded (especially in informal speech) with others:

"to the house" به خانه تا

The preposition پیش "to" (not به "to") is used to show the direction to persons: (is linked to nouns by the Ezafa):

"to the chief" پیش آمر

"to the sister" پیش خواهر

In informal speech, the preposition کتی kati "with" is widely used (without the Ezafa) and pronounced with the first syllable stressed:

"with them" کتی آنها

"with us" کتی ما

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