Archive for May, 2009
Story tellers around the Arab world Posted by aziza on May 12, 2009
Stories (الحكايات) form a very important part of all cultures, and storytelling (السرد) is one of the oldest arts known to human beings. Storytelling is an integral part of Arabic popular culture (الثقافة الشعبية). In all parts of the Arab world, storytelling has been a very popular and much-appreciated form of entertainment for the general…
The three cases of Arabic nouns and adjectives Posted by aziza on May 5, 2009
Nouns and adjectives that modify them must agree with each other in everything. I have pointed out in previous posts that they must agree with each other in gender, number and definiteness. They must also agree with each other in case. There are 3 cases for nouns and adjectives to mark their functions as subject…
An Introduction to the Arabic Case Marking System Posted by aziza on May 3, 2009
The case marking system (الإعراب) is one of the most important concepts in Arabic grammar. The word (إعراب) means expressing, and it is true of the system, as it expresses relationships between different elements of an utterance in very clear and explicit way. In the case marking system, each word is marked by a certain…