ما الفرق في الاستعمال بين between و among؟ (م،ع)

*قلبي ملك ربي* · 2010-08-05, 11:02

السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته

Among and Between

نقلت لكم هاته القاعدة البسيطة و السهلة و هي الفرق بين between و among و متى نستعمل إحداهما بدلاُ من الأخرى
When we talk about the two words between and among, we have to put in mind that these two words are prepositions of place and both have the same meaning
هما حرفا جر للمكان تعنيان "بين"
Now we come to our point, where is the difference between these two words?
الآن وصلنا إلى النقطة الأساسية، أين وجه الاختلاف بين هاتين الكلمتين؟
Between in used to tell the place of something that is in the middle of two things
يعني هذه الكلمة نستعملها عندما نريد ان نحدد مكان شيء يقع بين غرضيْن أو مكانيْن أو شخصين أو مجموعتين من الأشياء
Example 1: Ahmad is sitting between Ali and Fadi.
أي أن أحمد يجلس بين شخصين هما علي و فادي.
Example 2: The river is between the houses and the trees.
النهر يقع بين البيوت و الأشجار.
Example 3: I saw a cat hiding between the two boxes.
رأيت قطة تختبئ بين الصندوقيْن.

As for “among”, we use this word to tell the place of
something within three things or more.
تستعمل “among” لتحديد مكان شيء يقع بين ثلاثة أو أكثر من الأشياء أو الأشخاص أو الأماكن إلخ...

Example 1: Ahmad is sitting among his friends. (friends = more than 2)
أحمد يجلس بين رفاقه.
Example 2: There was a cat hiding among the trees
كان هناك قطة تختبئ بين الأشجار.
Example 3: “Mahjong” was among the games I downloaded today.
“Mahjong” كانت من بين الألعاب التي قمت بتنزيلها اليوم.

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وفـــــاء · 2010-08-05, 11:29

slm sis
can i say... for this example
Example 2: There was a cat hiding among the trees
كان هناك قطة تختبئ بين الأشجار

there was a cat hiding between the trees because i see that is a correct sentence..is it ???

*قلبي ملك ربي* · 2010-08-05, 15:34

اقتباس:

المشاركة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة silent___fire

slm sis
can i say... for this example
Example 2: There was a cat hiding among the trees
كان هناك قطة تختبئ بين الأشجار

there was a cat hiding between the trees because i see that is a correct sentence..is it ???

Perhaps u can but the better use among
because
Between is used to tell the place of something that is in the middle of two things
but among is used to tell the place of something
within three things or more

What do u think now my sister?

وفـــــاء · 2010-08-05, 16:33

اقتباس:

المشاركة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة siv.maya

Perhaps u can but the better use among
because
Between is used to tell the place of something that is in the middle of two things
but among is used to tell the place of something
within three things or more

What do u think now my sister?

i think that you are un amazing teacher
thank you sis