Tag Archives: Arabic grammar
Al-I’rab & Al-Binaa الإعراب و البناء Posted by Fisal on Aug 12, 2011
We already know that Arabic words are either a noun اسم , a verb فعل or a harf (particle) حرف . Today we say that all Arabic words الكلمات are either Mo’rab(ah) مُعربة or Mabni(yah) مبنية but what do these terms mean? A Mo’rab word is that word which changes the shape of its ending…
Some exercises on the use of ذو Posted by aziza on Jul 23, 2011
In my previous post, I explained the use of ذو, and in this post, I present some exercises on the same topic. Please complete the sentences below with the right form. You need to decide on the gender, number and case of the noun the comes before it. 1- أحب القصص ———— النهايات السعيدة. I…
ذو Posted by aziza on Jul 15, 2011
ذو is a very interesting word in Arabic. It means ‘the owner of’, ‘one who has’ or ‘one with’. It is one of the ‘five nouns’ that are marked in Arabic by long vowels rather than short vowels, so the three cases of ذو are (ذو) nominative, (ذا) accusative and (ذي) genitive. Consider the following…
The use of plural relative pronouns Posted by aziza on Jul 8, 2011
In this post, I present the answer of the exercise on the dual relative pronouns and I also present a revision and some exercises on plural relative pronouns. First, here is the answer of the exercise and the translation of the sentences: 1- هذان هما الطالبان اللذان يدرسان في جامعتي. 2- تحدثت مع المهندستين اللتين…
The use of dual relative pronouns Posted by aziza on Jul 7, 2011
The relative pronouns (الأسماء الموصولة) are used after definite nouns to provide additional information about them, and they are followed by complete sentences, e.g. أحب الكتاب الذي أدرسه. “I like the book which I study.” أحب الكتابين اللذين أدرسهما. “I like the books which I study.” (dual) أحب الكتب التي أدرسها. “I like the books…
Grammar Exercise تدريب نحوىّ Posted by Fisal on Jul 7, 2011
How good are you at reading Arabic? I guess most of you are quite good. Ok, but how good are you at Arabic grammar?? Today you will have the chance to test yourself in reading comprehension and in your grammar competence. I am posting a passage in Arabic. You are required to read the…
Weak Verbs: The Lafeef Verb الفعل اللفيف Posted by Fisal on Jun 4, 2011
Today we are going to learn the last type of the weak verbs which is the Lafeef verb الفعل اللفيف . We said before that a weak verb is that which has one or two sick or vowel letters in its root form. The letters that make a verb sick/weak are: Waw (و ), Alif…