Well, guess what. Those same pronoun suffixes which we have used for possession (non-demonic) and as direct object pronouns can also be written with prepositions. The combining of these pronouns with prepositions is very common since many verbs have their objects attached to prepositions. When prepositions are written with pronoun suffixes, some changes occur in certain situations. Therefore, I am now going to present you with a few charts. At first it will seem to be a lot. But once you do the drills, you will see that it is not difficult to learn the combinations and the resulting changes.
The Prepositions عَن and مِن
When the pronouns are attached to these prepositions, no changes are made except for the pronoun ي. When the ي is added, the ن is written with a shadda. Here is the chart for the مِن below. عَن works exactly the same way.
منّي منْكَ مْنْكِ منْكُما منْهُ منْها منْهما منّا منْكم منْكن منْهم منْهُنَّ
The only change here is when we add ي to either of these two prepositions. When we do so we add a shadda over the ن of these two words. This shadda will usually be omitted in most newspaper articles and books. Note that when we add نا to these two words we indicate the presence of two ن’s by also writing a shadda.
The Prepositions في and ب
Look at the chart below.
فيّ فيكَ فيكِ فيكُما فيهِ فيها فيهِما فينا فيكُنَّ فيهِم فيهِنَّ
Notice first that the combination of ي and في gives us فيَّ pronounced “fiyya.” Also note that the pronoun suffixes which begin with the letter ه and are followed by a dhamma have their dhamma changed to a kasra.
The preposition بِ works just like في except that we need no shadda or fatha over the ي when we add it to ب. See below.
بي بكَ بكِ بكُما بهِ بِها بهِما بنا بِكْم بكُنَّ بهِم بِهِنَّ
The Prepositions علي and إلى
These two prepositions both end in an alif magsuura. When a pronoun suffix is attached to them, the alif maqsuura becomes a ي which is preceded by a fatha. That is why the phrase السلام عليكم is written and pronounced the way it is. Also, when we add ي to على or إلى we get a ي with a shadda followed by a fatha. For example, ي plus على. Becomes عَلًيَّ and is pronounced “alayya.” Below is the chart for على and إلى
علَيَّ علَيَّكَ علَيَّكِ علَيَّكُما علَيَّهِ علَيْها علَيْنا علَيْكُم علَيكُنَّ علَيهِم علَيْهِنَّ
إلَيَّ إلَيْكَ إلَيْكِ إلَيْكُما إلَيْهِ إلَيْها إلَيْنا إلَيْكُم إلَيْكُنَّ إلَيْهِم إلَيْهِنَّ
Note that those suffixes with ه and a dhamma have the dhamma changed to a kasra with these two prepositions.
The Preposition لِ
This preposition, when used with verbs, usually has the meaning of “to” as in “I listened to the radio.” It also has an independent meaning which is discussed in part E of this chapter. With one exception, whenever this preposition has a pronoun suffix, the vowel of the preposition changes from a kasra to a fatha. See the chart below.
لي لَكَ لَكِ لكُما لَهِ لَها لَهُما لَنا لَكْم لَكُنَّ لَهُم لَهُنَّ
When ي is added to لِ the result is pronounced “lii,” just as happened with the preposition بِ