Tag Archives: Arabic grammar
Arabic Nouns: Accusatives Posted by Fisal on Jun 10, 2015
Ahlan أهــْــلاً , Arabic lovers! Today, we are going to continue our Index of Arabic Grammar. We have gone a bit deeper so far. However, it is still a long way! In a previous grammar post, we discussed the Arabic Nouns Case. This post was followed by another on the Arabic Nouns; Nominatives. Today…
Arabic Nouns: Nominatives Posted by Fisal on Apr 29, 2015
Ahlan أهــْــلاً , Arabic lovers! Today, we are going to discuss the question raised in the previous post about Arabic Noun Cases. We have said that there are three cases for the Arabic nouns; the nominative case, the accusative case and the genitive case. The question was: what exactly are the nouns that belong…
Useful case marking rules with examples Posted by aziza on Apr 27, 2015
In this post, I present some useful rules for case marking (إعراب). A definite noun with (ال) following a demonstrative has the same case, as they are substitutes (بدل), e.g. هذا الطالبُ جديد. (This student is new.) تكلمت مع هذه البنتِ. (I spoke with this girl.) قرأت هذه الكتبَ. (I read these books.)…
Practice agreement Posted by aziza on Apr 20, 2015
In Arabic, noun adjective agreement is a very important concept. You need to make sure that nouns and adjectives agree with each other in number, gender and definiteness for your sentences to be grammatical and meaningful. In this post, I present you with 10 sentences that you need to complete with the adjectives provided. You…
Practice agreement Posted by aziza on Apr 19, 2015
In Arabic, subject verb agreement is a very important concept. You need to make sure that subjects and verbs agree with each other in number and in gender for your sentences to be grammatical and meaningful. In this post, I present you with 10 sentences that you need to complete with the verbs provided. You…
Arabic Prepositions; Answers Posted by Fisal on Apr 17, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic fans! Did you read the posts about the Arabic prepositions? How was your answer to the prepositions exercise? Ok, now you can check your answers. Here are the answers to the last Arabic prepositions exercise. To view the exercise and questions again, kindly click here. تــكــمــلــة الـقــطـــعــــة بــحــروف الــجـــر الــصــحــيــحـــة : …
Arabic Prepositions Exercise Posted by Fisal on Apr 16, 2015
Ahlan, Arabic fans! In two previous posts, we discussed all the Arabic prepositions. What we will be doing today is to practice these prepositions. You may need to go over the posts. Read the Arabic Prepositions (Part 1) Read the Arabic Prepositions (Part 2) Now, that you have read the posts that explain…