الموظف بالامن.

employee

Breakdown of الموظف بالامن.

• امن: security

Questions & Answers about الموظف بالامن.

Why is there no verb in الموظف بالأمن?

In Levantine Arabic, as in Arabic generally, the verb to be is usually not expressed in the present tense.

So a sentence like:

• الموظف بالأمن

can mean something like:

• The employee is in security
• The employee works in security

depending on context.

This is called a nominal sentence. English needs is, but Arabic normally does not in the present.

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What does بـ mean in بالأمن?

The prefix بـ is very common in Arabic and can have several meanings depending on context. Here, in بالأمن, it often gives the sense of:

• in
• with
• within the field of

So بالأمن here is understood as in security or in the security department/field.

In everyday Levantine, this kind of بـ is very natural in job-related expressions.

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Why is it بالأمن and not just الأمن?

Because الأمن by itself means security or the security sector/security department, while بالأمن means something closer to: