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Arabic Nouns to Denote Time Posted by aziza on Oct 11, 2012
ظرف الزمان is a special category of nouns in Arabic used in a sentence to denote time. It is a special type of noun in Arabic, but it can be understood as an adverbial of time, as it gives the time a certain action takes place. It is the word that answers the question: “when…
Exercises on relative pronouns, answers Posted by aziza on Sep 24, 2012
In the previous post, I presented exercises on the relative pronouns (الأسماء الموصولة) in Arabic. الذي = this (sing. masc.) التي = this (sing. fem.) اللذان = these (dual. masc. nom.) اللذين= these (dual. masc. acc./gen.) اللتان = these (dual. fem. nom.) اللتين = these (dual. fem. acc./gen.) الذين = these (plur. masc.) اللاتي = these…
Some exercises on relative pronouns Posted by aziza on Sep 23, 2012
Do you remember the relative pronouns (الأسماء الموصولة) in Arabic? الذي = this (sing. masc.) التي = this (sing. fem.) اللذان = these (dual. masc. nom.) اللذين= these (dual. masc. acc./gen.) اللتان = these (dual. fem. nom.) اللتين = these (dual. fem. acc./gen.) الذين = these (plur. masc.) اللاتي = these (plur. fem.) Now, try…
Verbal Sentence: The Subject/Doer (Part 2) Posted by Fisal on Sep 17, 2012
Today we are going to continue our study of the second element in the Verbal Sentence الـجـمـلــة الـفـعـلـيـــة ; the subject. We have already known that the subject or the doer الــفــاعــِــل of an action is a noun (or a pronoun) that is in the Nominative Case حــَــالــَــةُ الــرَّفــْــعِ and is preceded by an…
Some exercises on demonstratives, answres Posted by aziza on Sep 14, 2012
هذا = this (sing. masc.) هذه = this (sing. fem.) هذان = these (dual. masc. nom.) هذين= these (dual. masc. acc./gen.) هاتان = these (dual. fem. nom.) هاتين = these (dual. fem. acc./gen.) هؤلاء = = these (plur.) Here is the answers of the exercises presented in my previous post: 1. هذه الطالبة تدرس في…
Some exercises on demonstratives Posted by aziza on Sep 13, 2012
Do you remember the demonstratives (أسماء الإشارة) in Arabic? هذا = this (sing. masc.) هذه = this (sing. fem.) هذان = these (dual. masc. nom.) هذين= these (dual. masc. acc./gen.) هاتان = these (dual. fem. nom.) هاتين = these (dual. fem. acc./gen.) هؤلاء = these (plur.) Now, try to complete these sentences using one of…
Verbal Sentence: The Subject/Doer (Part 1) Posted by Fisal on Sep 6, 2012
The Verbal Sentence: The Subject/Doer الــفــاعــِــل (Part 1) We have already started studying Arabic verbs. Check the previous posts for revision: 1) Introduction to Verbs مـُـقــَــدِّمــَــة فـِـى الأفــْــعــَـــال 2) Verb Type نــَــوعُ الــفــِــعــْـــلِ 3) Verb Tense زمــنُ الــفــِــعــلِ ; (1) The Past الــمــَــاضــِــى 4) Verb Tense زمــنُ الــفــِــعــْــلِ ; (2) The Present…