Archive for the year 2010
Negating verbal sentences in Arabic Posted by aziza on Sep 3, 2010
In this post, I explain how to negate verbal sentences, and provide some exercises to practice it. To negate the present tense, we use the particle (لا) immediately before the verb. Remember, nothing should separate (لا) from the verb. Consider the following examples: الولد يحمل حقيبة. “The boy carries a bag.” الولد لا يحمل حقيبة…
Word search answer Posted by aziza on Aug 31, 2010
This post presents the answer of the word search game presented in the previous post. Here are some examples on the use of some of the words in the game. عيني تؤلمني. “My eye hurts!” يجب أن أزور طبيب الأنف والأذن والحنجرة. “I have to visit the nose, ear and throat doctor.” لها رموش طويلة…
Word search – in the face Posted by aziza on Aug 29, 2010
Can you find the following 1o words in the following word search game? The 10 words you need to find are all in the face and head. عين ذقن أنف خدان رموش فم حاجب أذن شعر جبهة Here are the translations of the 10 words in the game. eye chin nose two cheeks eyelashes mouth…
Expressing prohibition (Part 2) Posted by aziza on Aug 26, 2010
In a previous post, I explained how to form prohibition (don’t) in Arabic using prohibitive (لا) followed by the appropriate form of the present tense verb. It should be noted that after prohibitive (لا), verbs are in the jussive case. This means that if in the present tense, the verb ends in a suffix like…
Arabic grammar terminology Posted by aziza on Aug 25, 2010
The post presents more grammatical terms in Arabic and their English equivalents as a continuation to my previous post. المَصْدَر Infinitive/ Verbal Noun اِسْمُ الفاعِل Active Participle اسمُ المفعول Passive Participle الفِعْلُ المَاضِي The Perfect Tense. الفِعْلُ المُضَارِع The Imperfect Tense الفِعلُ المبنِي للمجهول Passive verb فِعْل أَمر Imperative (Nominative) الفاعِل Subject (Accusative) المفعُول بِهِ…
Arabic grammar terminology – case marking Posted by aziza on Aug 21, 2010
In this post, I present a brief table with some terms related to the case marking system; the Arabic and English terms are presented along with a brief explanation of the use of the cases. The first table deals with the cases for nouns and adjectives. With nouns serving as subjects of verbal sentences or…
Expressing prohibition – don’t Posted by aziza on Aug 19, 2010
To express prohibition (النهي) in Arabic, we use the particle (لا) with the present tense form of the verb conjugated with you. In this post, I explain how to make orders with (أنتَ) you singular masculine. Consider the following examples: أنتَ تفتح. You open. لا تفتحْ. Don’t open! أنتَ تستمع. You listen. لا تستمعْ. Don’t…