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Practice Inna and its sisters Posted by aziza on Mar 27, 2016
Inna and its sisters (إن وأخواتها) is a group of particles in Arabic that are usually followed by a nominal sentence. The nominal sentence takes special vowelling after Inna and its sisters (إن وأخواتها). Inna and its sisters (إن وأخواتها) are إنَّ وأنَّ ، ولكنَّ ، وكأنَّ وليتَ ولعلَّ By default, a nominal sentence has…
Egyptian Arabic; Interrogative Particles Posted by Fisal on Mar 23, 2016
Ahlan, Arabic lovers! In today’s post, we are going to learn some Egyptian Arabic. After I gave it some thought, I guessed it would be nice to start with the interrogative (question) particles. I have already presented two posts about Interrogative Particles (Part 1) and (Part 2) in Modern Standard Arabic. These standard…
Verb Determiners in Arabic Posted by Fisal on Mar 2, 2016
Ahlan أهــْــلاً , Arabic lovers! In the post Basics of Arabic Grammar, we learnt that Arabic parts of speech are mainly; a noun, a verb or a particle. But how can we differentiate between these parts of speech? In a previous post, we learnt about the Noun Determiners and I am sure that all of…
Grammar Practice, answers Posted by aziza on Feb 29, 2016
In this post, I present the answers of the exercise on (كان وأخواتها). (كان وأخواتها) are followed by nominal sentences. The subject of the sentence is called (اسم كان), and it is in the nominative case (مرفوع), while the predicate of the nominal sentence is called (خبر كان), and it is in the accusative case…
Grammar Practice Posted by aziza on Feb 29, 2016
In this post, we practice (كان وأخواتها). Do you remember the rule for (كان وأخواتها)? It is very easy! (كان وأخواتها) are followed by nominal sentences. The subject of the sentence is called (اسم كان), and it is in the nominative case (مرفوع), while the predicate of the nominal sentence is called (خبر كان), and…
Noun Determiners in Arabic Posted by Fisal on Feb 17, 2016
Ahlan أهــْــلاً , Arabic lovers! We have gone quite far up till now in studying Arabic grammar and especially the Arabic nouns. Today, we are going to have a quick short lesson on Arabic nouns. We already know that all Arabic words fall into three main categories; Nouns, Verbs and Particles. The question of this…
Beauty of the Arabic Language (1) Posted by Fisal on Jan 30, 2016
Ahlan أهــْــلاً , Arabic lovers! Today’s post will be the first of a series to explore the beauty of the Arabic language through the study of some special phrases and sentences. I will explain the sentence or phrase, translate it and compare it to a similar one. We will also explore the importance of…