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When discussing politics, policies, or controversial issues, you often need to describe public sentiment or a specific stance "towards" or "regarding" a topic. Arabic uses three advanced prepositions for this: **إزاء**, **حيال**, and **تجاه**.

These three words are largely interchangeable in meaning and are highly common in formal Arabic, news media, and debate. They are placed immediately before the noun they reference.

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### Attaching Pronouns

Just like other prepositions, **إزاء**, **حيال**, and **تجاه** accept attached pronoun suffixes. This is essential when referring back to a policy, reform, or piece of legislation that has already been mentioned in the sentence.

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### Expressing Stances

You will frequently see these prepositions paired with nouns that express attitudes or public sentiment. Common pairings include words like **موقف** (stance or position), **تأييد** (support), and **انقسام** (division).

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Regarding and towards (إزاء، حيال، تجاه)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

interrogative

noun

numeral

particle

prefix

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

The definite article and locatives (الـ)

Basic noun gender (ة)

Sun and moon letters

Singular subject pronouns (أنا، أنت، هو، هي)

Indefinite nouns and nominal sentences (ـٌ)

Demonstrative pronouns for 'this' (هذا / هذه)

Separate prepositions (في، من، إلى، على)

Attributive adjectives

Predicative adjectives

Yes/No questions (هل، أ)

Basic questions (من، ما، أين)

Singular possessive pronouns (ـي، ـك، ـه، ـها)

Plural subject pronouns (نحن، أنتم، هم)

Plural possessive pronouns (ـنا، ـكم، ـهم)

Noun possession

Attached prepositions (بـ، لـ، كـ)

Pronouns with prepositions

Having and possessing (عند، لـ، مع)

Regular plural nouns (ـون، ـين، ـات)

Broken plurals

Dual nouns (ـان / ـين)

Plural and distant demonstratives (هؤلاء، ذلك، تلك)

Non-human plural agreement

Present tense singular verbs

Verbal sentences (VSO)

Present tense plural verbs

Topicalized sentences (SVO)

The indefinite accusative case (ـاً)

Verb object pronouns (-ني، -ك، -ه)

Present tense negation (لا)

Question words with verbs (متى، كيف...)

Adverbs of time and place

The future tense (سـ / سوف)

Intentions and desires (أن)

Negating states and possession (ليس)

Past tense singular suffixes

Past tense plural suffixes

Negating past events (ما)

Singular commands

Numbers 1 to 10

Number agreement for 1 and 2 (واحد، اثنان)

Asking how many (كم)

Numbers 3 to 10 (ثلاثة إلى عشرة)

Ordinal numbers 1 to 10 (الأول، الثاني)

Basic conjunctions (فـ، أو، لكن)

Ordering at a café (واحد، اثنان)

Food and drink with conjunctions (و، ف، أو، لكن)

There is and there are (هناك / ليس هناك)

Direct address (يا)

Giving reasons (لأنّ)

Relative pronouns (الذي / التي)

Quantifiers (كل / بعض)

The past tense of 'to be' (كان)

Past possession

Numbers 11 to 19 and tens to 80

Telling time (الساعة)

This book vs this is a book (هذا الكتاب، هذا كتاب)

Greetings (مرحبا، السلام عليكم)

How are you? and goodbye (كيف حالك، مع السلامة)

Nationalities (مصري، مصرية)

Roots and patterns (كتب، كتاب، مكتب)

Politeness (من فضلك، آسف)

Complex possession chains

Colors and traits (أفعل / فعلاء)

Plural colors and traits (فُعْل)

Comparative adjectives (أفعل من)

Superlative adjectives (أفعل)

Adverbs of manner (ـاً)

The nominative case (ـُ)

The genitive case (ـِ)

The accusative case (ـَ)

Dual noun cases (ـان / ـين)

Masculine plurals and 'the best of' (أفضل النجارين)

Emphasizing sentences (إنّ)

Connecting clauses (أنّ)

Reporting speech (قال إنّ)

Expressing contrast (لكنّ)

Comparison and probability (كأنّ, لعلّ)

Distant plural pointing (أولئك)

Plural relative pronouns (الذين, اللواتي)

Past habits (كان + present)

Ongoing actions (ما زال)

Masculine plurals online (مبرمجون، مؤثرون)

Perfective past (قد)

Probability (قد)

The subjunctive mood (أن)

Question	Answer
opposition	معارضةmu'âradah
regarding / vis-à-vis	إزاءizâ'a
policy	سياسةsiyâsa
The opposition is strong regarding the new policy.	المعارضة قوية إزاء السياسة الجديدة.al-mu'âraḍatu qawiyyatun izâ'a as-siyâsati al-jadîdah
controversy	جدلjadal
concerning / regarding	حيالḥiyâla
legislation	تشريعtashrî'
There is great controversy concerning the legislation.	هناك جدل كبير حيال التشريع.hunâka jadalun kabîrun hiyâla at-tashrî
division	انقسامinqisâm
towards	تجاهtijâha
reform	إصلاحislâh
The division towards the reform is clear.	الانقسام تجاه الإصلاح واضح.al-inqisâmu tijâha al-islâhi wâdihun.
union	نقابةniqâba
support	تأييدta'yiid
The union announced its support vis-à-vis the decision.	أعلنت النقابة تأييدها إزاء القرار.a'lanati n-niqâbatu ta'yîdahâ izâ'a l-qarâr.
stance, position	موقفmawqif
The opposition rejected the policy because the stance towards it is bad.	رفضت المعارضة السياسة لأن الموقف تجاهها سيئ.rafadati al-mu'aradatu as-siyasata li'anna al-mawqifa tijahaha sayyi'un
Either you show support concerning the legislation, or you stand with the opposition.	إما أن تبدي التأييد حيال التشريع، أو تقف مع المعارضة.immâ an tubdiya at-ta'yîda hiyâla at-tashrîi, aw taqifa maa al-muâradati.
As long as the government ignored the reform, the controversy regarding it increased.	طالما تجاهلت الحكومة الإصلاح، زاد الجدل إزاءه.tâlamâ tajâhalati al-hukûmatu al-islâha, zâda al-jadalu izâ'ahu
The union confirmed its stance concerning the new legislation.	أكدت النقابة موقفها حيال التشريع الجديد.akkadati n-niqâbatu mawqifahâ hiyâla t-tashrî‘i l-jadîdi
The division concerning this policy is a big problem.	الانقسام حيال هذه السياسة مشكلة كبيرة.al-inqisâmu hiyâla hâdhihi as-siyâsati mushkilatun kabîratun.
legal	قانونيqânûniyy
The legal reform is important vis-à-vis this issue.	الإصلاح القانوني مهم إزاء هذه القضية.al-islâhu al-qânûniyyu muhimmun izâ'a hâdhihi al-qadiyyah
There is a legal controversy concerning the company's policy.	يوجد جدل قانوني حيال سياسة الشركة.yûjadu jadalun qânûniyyun hiyâla siyâsati sh-sharikah
The lawyer requested legal support from the union regarding the worker's case.	طلب المحامي تأييدا قانونيا من النقابة إزاء قضية العامل.talaba al-muhâmî ta'yîdan qânûniyyan mina an-niqâbati izâ'a qadiyyati al-âmil
The citizen expressed his opinion concerning the division.	أبدى المواطن رأيه حيال الانقسام.abdâ al-muwâtinu ra'yahu hiyâla al-inqisâm