Tag Archives: adverbs
Practise Parts of Speech Posted by aziza on Jan 13, 2017
In this post, we revise the Arabic parts of speech. A noun (الاسم) is a part of speech that denotes a person, animal, place, thing, or idea. Adjectives (الصفة) are words that describe or modify nouns The verb (الفعل) signals an action, an occurrence, or a state of being. Whether mental, physical, or mechanical, verbs always…
Arabic Adverbs (Part 3) Posted by aziza on Sep 12, 2009
In the previous posts, I explained different types of adverbials in Arabic, including words that mainly function as adverbs like (جداً); adverbs that are derived from adjectives, e.g. قليلاًderived from قليل“little”; adverbs that are formed by the preposition (ب) and the verbal noun like (بكثرة) “a lot”, adverbs that are derived from active participle (اسم…
Arabic Adverbs (Part 2) Posted by aziza on Sep 9, 2009
In the previous post, I explained that adverbs describe verbs, and that we can derive adverbs from verbs, e.g. كثيراًis derived from كثير“much”. In this post, I present 2 constructions that are used as adverbs in Arabic. The first one is a prepositional phrase. If we use the preposition (ب) followed by the verbal noun…
Arabic Adverbs (Part 1) Posted by aziza on Sep 6, 2009
Adverbs modify verbs. They give extra information about the manner, time, frequency of performing a certain action. Typically, adverbs in Arabic end in (تنوين الفتح), e.g.جداً ، كثيراً ، قليلاً ، دائماً etc. أدرس كثيراً قبل الامتحان. “I study a lot before exams.” لا نأكل كثيراً في الإفطار. “We do not eat a lot at…