The expression “There is” in Arabic Posted by aziza on Dec 6, 2009
The expressions ‘there is’ and ‘there are’ are expressed in two ways in Arabic. The first one is using (هُناكَ) which literally means ‘there’. This expression is used in a nominal sentence with a fronted predicate, and the subject of the sentence is usually indefinite, e.g. هُناكَرَجُلٌ في الشارِع. “There is a man in the…
Arabic Conditionals Using If Posted by aziza on Dec 3, 2009
Conditional sentences are made up of 2 parts or 2 sentences, one of them contains a particle for condition (أداة الشرط), and this sentence is called (جملة الشرط). The other one provides the outcome of the condition, and it is called (جواب الشرط). The most common type of conditional in English involves ‘if’. There are…
The Arabic Imperative (Part 4) Posted by aziza on Nov 30, 2009
In this post, I explain the imperative (الأمر) of verb forms VII, VIII and X. In these three verb forms, the imperative is expressed by changing the voweling of the verb so that a short i (كسرة) is placed on the letter before last, as follows: Form VII(انفعل) اِنْتَظَر (wait) اِنْشَغَل (keep busy) أنتَ اِنْتَظِرْ…
The Arabic Imperative (Part 3) Posted by aziza on Nov 28, 2009
In this post, I explain the imperative (الأمر) with verb forms V (تفعَّل) and VI (تفاعل). In these two verb forms, the imperative does not involve changing the internal voweling of the verb; therefore, the imperative is expressed as follows: Form V (تفعَّل) تَحَرَّك(move) تَنَقَّل (move around) تَوَقَّف (stop) أنتَ تَحَرَّكْ تَنَقَّلْ تَوَقَّفْ أنتِ تَحَرَّكي…
The Arabic Imperative (Part 2) Posted by aziza on Nov 25, 2009
In this post, I explain the imperative (الأمر) with verb forms II – IV. In these three verb forms, the imperative is expressed by changing the voweling of the verb so that a short i (كسرة) is placed on the letter before last, as follows: Form II (فعَّل) شجَّع(encourage) كَسَّر (break) رَتَّب (arrange) أنتَ شَجِّعْ…
The Arabic Imperative (Part 1) Posted by aziza on Nov 23, 2009
The imperative (الأمر) is used to make orders. It is addressed to a person or persons; therefore, verbs are conjugated with second person pronouns only, i.e. ‘you’ (أنتَ – أنتِ – أنتما – أنتم – أنتن). Verbs that contain three letters follow the pattern (افعلْ) and take the appropriate endings according to gender and number…
Arabic Vocabulary: Fruit Posted by aziza on Nov 17, 2009
In this post, I give a list of words related to fruits. In future posts, I will give more lists related to other types of food, like vegetables, bakery, sweets, etc. I hope you learn them and find them useful. فَاكِهة fruit تُفَّاح apple بُرتُقال orange مَوز banana كُمِّثرى pear بَلَح date مِشمِش apricot خوخ…