bejn

Between

Level 2

Use named complements or attached forms such as bejni, bejnek and bejnhom.

How It Works

Bejn introduces ‘between’. Two named landmarks can follow in bejn X u Y, with u joining their noun phrases. Each phrase keeps its own article. The same preposition can express an abstract relation, such as a difference between objects.

Attached forms include bejni, referring to me, bejnek, referring to you singular, and bejnhom, referring to them. In bejni u bejnek, each participant is expressed separately. Compare bejn Marija u Pawlu with bejnhom when those people are understood.

In Il-karozza bejnhom, ‘The car is between them’, the car is the located subject and the suffix identifies the landmarks. It does not make the car plural. A plural expression such as bejn il-kotba likewise identifies a set without independently saying how many books it contains.

Examples (3)

  1. Il-ħanut bejn il-lukanda u l-iskola.

    The shop is between the hotel and the school.

    Two noun phrases identify the landmarks.

  2. Hemm differenza bejn il-kotba.

    There is a difference between the books.

    Bejn introduces an abstract comparison.

  3. Il-karozza bejnhom.

    The car is between them.

    The plural ending replaces the named landmarks.

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bejnLevel 2Between

Learn This First

Introduce both spatial and abstract between-relations. Contrast named landmarks with understood participants and clarify that a plural complement identifies a set without itself specifying an exact count.