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The Noun الاسم : Definite المعرفة & Indefinite النكرة Posted by Fisal on Mar 18, 2011
Arabic nouns are either definite or indefinite. The Indefinite Noun الاسم النكرة It is the noun which refers to a common and non-specific noun;(person, animal, thing …etc.). It can be given to any member under that category of nouns. So, when you say an indefinite noun, you really don’t mean someone or something definite. Examples…
Egypt Mubarak (1981–2011):Thirty Years in Thirty Lines Posted by Fisal on Mar 15, 2011
Thirty years of nothing but corruption الفساد and conspiracy المؤامرة , that is to sum up the Mubarak era. His two predecessors had to take fatal decisions قرارات مصيرية at a time of nonstop war حرب until peace السلام was reached; a thing which could give them some excuse عذر. Mubarak’s failure فشل can…
Egypt ; A Story of Struggle Posted by Fisal on Mar 13, 2011
Since the time of the Pharaohs الفراعنة, Egypt مصر was never ruled by a native Egyptian; except for the last sixty years. Along history التاريخ it hasn’t known any democratic regime نظام ديمقراطى in the sense of what modern democracy means. The welfare of the people depended mainly on the desire of its rulers…
Nouns الاسم /Al-Ism/ : Number العدد /Al-Adad/ Posted by Fisal on Mar 12, 2011
* Arabic Nouns fall into Three main categories concerning their Number: (1) Singular مفرد /Mofrad/ (2) Dual مثنى /Mothanna/ (3) Plural جمع /Gam’/ (1) The Singular Noun الاسم المفرد /Al-Ism Al-Mofrad/ It is the Noun that refers to only ONE person or thing. Examples: – Mohammad محمد – Mona منى – man رجل /rajul/ – boy…
Nouns الأسماء /Al-Asma’a / : Gender الجنس /Al-Genss/ Posted by Fisal on Mar 11, 2011
* Arabic Nouns fall into two main categories concerning their Gender: (1) Masculine مذكر /Mozakkar/ & (2) Feminine مؤنث /Mo’annath/ * There some other sub-categories to these two main ones. * Note that: The Gender of a word is mostly determined by its Form not by the Concept it refers to…
Arabic Diptotes: Adjectives Posted by aziza on Feb 19, 2011
In this post, I explain diptotes (الممنوع من الصرف) in relation to adjectives. There are some adjectives that are diptotes, i.e. they do not take nunation (تنوين) when indefinite, and that are marked by (ـُ) for the nominative case and with (ـَ) for both accusative and genitive cases. All adjectives that have the pattern (أفعل)…
Arabic Diptotes: Names Posted by aziza on Feb 17, 2011
In this post, I explain more about diptotes (الممنوع من الصرف), i.e. words that do not take nunation (التنوين) when indefinite, and that are marked by (ـُ) for the nominative case and with (ـَ) for both accusative and genitive cases. There are lots of names that are diptotes. All feminine names are diptotes, i.e. – …