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Pronouns الضمائر : Summed Up Posted by Fisal on Mar 28, 2011
Pronouns are definite nouns. They refer to different persons. ( The First Person المتكلم / The Second Person المخاطب / The Third Person الغائب ) Pronouns refer to nouns or replace them. Pronoun Types: Visible بارز / Invisible مستتر Visible Pronoun: Separable منفصل / Inseparable (suffix) متصل Separable Pronoun Cases: Subject مبتدأ / فاعل / Object مفعول Inseparable Pronoun Cases: Subject فاعل مرفوع /…
Some confusing words Posted by aziza on Mar 27, 2011
One day Katherine protested, I will never know the difference between mosque and university in Arabic! Why are they so confusing? Later on the same day, another student translated modern as event, and again he was very frustrated with the similarity between both words! Arabic is a highly derivational language where most content words, i.e…
Definite Nouns : Pronouns (2) الضمائر Posted by Fisal on Mar 26, 2011
Last time we discussed the definition of pronouns and learnt about the first type of the Visible Pronouns. Today we look at the second type of the visible pronouns. Type (2) of the Visible Pronouns (2) The Attached (Suffix) Pronoun الضمير المتصل This type has THREE sub-categories according to the job each does in…
Definite Nouns : Pronouns (1) الضمائر Posted by Fisal on Mar 25, 2011
A pronoun is a noun or word that refers to any of the three persons; 1- The first person pronouns ضمائر المتكلم referring to the person speaking. 2- The second person pronouns ضمائر المخاطب referring to the person addressed. 3- The third person pronouns ضمائر الغائب referring to the absent person or thing. Types…
Definite Demonstrative Nouns in Arabic Posted by Fisal on Mar 23, 2011
A new type of Arabic definite nouns to look at is the Demonstrative Nouns. These Nouns are definite by themselves because they Refer to a definite person, thing or place. They are referring words. In English, these are called Demonstrative Adjectives or Adverbs of Place but in Arabic, they are Nouns. Arabic has three numbers…
Jewellery Posted by aziza on Mar 23, 2011
This post aims to introduce some vocabulary items related to jewellery (المجوهرات). A jeweler (الصائغ) is the person who makes or sells them. In the West, it is said that diamonds are a woman’s best friends, and wedding rings often have diamond (الماس/الألماس) stones. In the Arab world, women particularly love gold (الذهب), and they…
Definite Nouns with (AL-) (الاسم المعرف بـ (الـ Posted by Fisal on Mar 21, 2011
As we discussed in a previous post that Definite nouns have SEVEN Types, today we are going to look closely at the second type of them. (2) The definite Noun starting with Al- الاسم الذى يبدأ بـ الـ In Arabic, an indefinite noun can turn into a definite noun by adding the two letters prefix…