Arabic grammar terminology, case marking

Arabic grammar terminology – case marking Posted by aziza on Aug 21, 2010 in Grammar

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 subjects or predicates of nominal sentences and ending in ضمة	حالَة الرفع /مَرفُوع	The Nominative Case
With nouns serving as objects of verbal sentences and ending in فتحة	حالة النَّصْب / مَنْصُوب	The Accusative Case for nouns
For nouns found after prepositions and nouns that occur after the first term in idafa and ending in كسرة	حالة الجَرّ/ مجرور	Genitive (with nouns).

The second table presents the same information for the cases of present tense verbs.

With present verbs preceded by nothing, or by لا and ending in ضمة	حالَة الرفع /مَرفُوع	The Imperfect
With present verbs preceded by لم and ending in سكون	حالَة الجزم/مَجْزُومٌ	The Jussive Case
With present verbs preceded by أن لن ل حتى and ending in فتحة	حالة النَّصْب / مَنْصُوب	The subjunctive case for verbs