The Problems of Translating Verb-Preposition-Collocation from Arabic into English (A Didactic Study)

Abstract

Verbs are used to describe an action, event, fact, habit or experience.They constitute the most important part of speech in a language. In English a sentence does not exist without a verb. In Arabic, however, a sentence may have or may not have a verb. In both Arabic and English, many verbs tend to collocate with certain prepositions. This word company, in many cases, defines the meaning of the action denoted by the verb. However, many English verbs do not collocate with prepositions.