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Arabic Subordinating Conjunctions Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Apr 19, 2018
A subordinating conjunction is a word that connects two simple and unequal clauses—simple as they only have one verb and unequal as one can stand alone (called main) while the other (called subordinate) needs to be linked to another to be fully meaningful. In Arabic, subordinating conjunctions can be single-word, two-word, or three-word. This post…
40 Basic Arabic Grammar Terms Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Apr 10, 2018
When we learn a language as adults, it is like learning any other skill. You need tools and practice. The tools of language are the grammar rules. We need to have sufficient and consistent exposure to these tools to internalize their correct usage. Enough practice and consistent exposure changes our knowledge of these rules from…
Questions Words in Arabic (2) Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Apr 6, 2018
In the previous post, you mastered how to form questions in Arabic using interrogative words/particles أَدَوَات الاِسْتِفْهَام. You now can make yes-no questions and wh-questions. In this post, you will get to know how to form a negative yes-no question, using negative particles along with interrogative particles. Also, you will pick up how prepositions are…
Questions Words in Arabic (1) Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Apr 4, 2018
A question word is a word that is used to ask for information. To ask in Arabic, we use interrogative particles حُرُوْفُ الاِسْتِفْهَام and interrogative nouns أَسْمَاءُ الاِسْتِفْهَام, using Arabic grammatical terms. Combined, they are called أَدَوَاتُ الاِسْتِفْهَام – interrogative particles. The former are used to asked a yes-no questions, while the latter are used…
Coordinating Conjunctions in Arabic Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Mar 22, 2018
A coordinating conjunction is a word that connects two equivalent words, phrases, or sentences. Good examples of this in English are words, such as and, but, and so. In Arabic, coordinating conjunctions are called حُرُوفُ العَطْف. Besides coordination, some have additional meanings. This post is about the Arabic coordinating conjunctions—list and examples. وَ ‘and’ It…
The Arabic Nominal Sentence: Review and Examples Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Mar 20, 2018
In an earlier post, you learned that the nominal sentence الجُمْلَة الاِسْمِيَّة starts with a noun اِسْم which constitutes its first part and is called the subject/topic المُبْتَدَأ, and the its second part is called the predicate الخَبَر. You also learned that the مُبْتَدَأ must be a definite noun مَعْرَفَة. Besides, it was pointed out…
Arabic Nominal Sentence: The Predicate Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Feb 27, 2018
In an earlier post, you learned that the nominal sentence الجُمْلَة الاِسْمِيَّة gets it name from the word with which it starts—a noun اِسْم. It has two parts the subject or topic المُبْتَدَأ and the predicate الخَبَر. The first is derived from اِبْتَدَأ ‘to start with’ and the second from خَبَرَ ‘to tells something about…