Archive for 'Grammar'
20 Common Verbs in Arabic with Examples Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Sep 28, 2017
In a previous post, you learned how to make a basic verbal sentence*, a sentence that is essentially composed of فِعْل ‘a verb’ and فَاعِل ‘a subject’*, and whatever follows is called a complement. The complement can be مَفْعُول ‘an object’*, شِبْهُ جُمْلَة ‘a prepositional phrase’*, or حَال ‘an adverb’*. In this post, you will…
Run with Saudi Women in the Open Air! (1) Posted by jesa on Sep 26, 2017
Marhaba! By now you have probably realized that I like to share with you news about Arab women and their efforts to constantly push their boundaries and achieve their goals. Today I am sharing with you a news clip about a group of Saudi women that have been practicing the sports of running in open…
Sing with Asmahan: When Will You Realize? Posted by jesa on Sep 23, 2017
Marhaba! I have realized how much you all enjoyed listening to the great singer Asmahan. I personally love to listen to her in the evenings, because her voice transports me to another era and reminds me of Syrian and Egyptian night life of the 1930s and 1940s. Today, I am sharing with you one of…
Basic Sentence Structure in Arabic (I) Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Sep 14, 2017
Structurally, there three types of sentences in Arabic: the basic الأَصْلِيَّة, the compound الكُبْرَى, and the clausal الصًّغْرَى (i.e. a clause). The basic, which can be either verbal فِعْلِيَّة or nominal اِسْمِيَّة, has two parts. In the case of the verbal, which is our focus here, the first part is the verb الفِعْل and the…
What is the Active Participle in Arabic? (II) Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Sep 4, 2017
In the previous post, I explained what the active participle (AP) اِسمُ الفَاعِل means, when it functions as an adjective and when it is used as a noun, and how it is formed from active verbs. This post is about its derivation from intransitive verbs الأَفْعَال اللازِمَة and complex verbs الأَفْعَال المَزِيْدَة. Also, I will…
What is the Active Participle in Arabic? (I) Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Aug 31, 2017
The active participle (AP) is known as اِسمُ الفَاعِل in Arabic. It is one of many Arabic noun types that are derived from active verbs. Depending on how it is used in phrases or sentences, AP can be classified into two forms: adjectival (i.e. like an adjective) noun and non-adjectival noun (i.e. the doer or…
The formation process of place nouns in Arabic Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Aug 23, 2017
In a previous post, we learnt about one feature that makes Arabic one of the few, most efficient languages in the world, and that feature is derivation: its productivity in terms of word formation. In today’s post, we’re looking at a specific aspect of this derivation process, and that aspect is the formation of place…