Archive for 'Grammar'
Connectors in Arabic – Condition Posted by aziza on Sep 25, 2010
It is very important when we write in any language to create logical relationships between the ideas that we present. There is a number of relationships that we can create like addition, contrast, among others, and there are many words and expressions that we can use to express these relationships. In this post, I present…
Connectors in Arabic – Contrast Posted by aziza on Sep 20, 2010
It is very important when we write in any language to create logical relationships between the ideas that we present. There is a number of relationships that we can create like addition, contrast, among others, and there are many words and expressions that we can use to express these relationships. In this post, I present…
Connectors in Arabic – Addition Posted by aziza on Sep 16, 2010
It is very important when we write in any language to create logical relationships between the ideas that we present. There is a number of relationships that we can create like addition, contrast, among others, and there are many words and expressions that we can use to express these relationships. In this post, I present…
Punctuation in Arabic Posted by aziza on Sep 10, 2010
Punctuation marks (علامات الترقيم) are not always used correctly in Arabic. In this post, I explain some of the rules related to the use of punctuation marks. First of all, it should be noted that some punctuation marks in Arabic look different from the English counterparts, e.g. the English comma is (,) while the Arabic…
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…
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…