Tag Archives: case marking
Case marking and agreement in verbal sentences Posted by aziza on Jul 28, 2019
In this post, we learn how to case mark verbal sentences. The verbal sentence (الجملة الفعلية) is a sentence that begins by a verb. The verbal sentence has two main components: the verb (الفعل), the subject (الفاعل), especially if the verb is non-transitive. If the verb is transitive, there is also a third element, i.e. …
Case marking of nominal sentences Posted by aziza on Jun 29, 2019
Case marking (الإعراب) is a very important grammatical concept in Arabic. In this post, we learn how to case mark nominal sentences. The nominal sentence (الجملة الإسمية) is a sentence that begins by a noun or a pronoun. The nominal sentence has two main components: the subject (المبتدأ) and the predicate (الخبر). Both parts of…
Grammar Practice, answers Posted by aziza on Feb 29, 2016
In this post, I present the answers of the exercise on (كان وأخواتها). (كان وأخواتها) are followed by nominal sentences. The subject of the sentence is called (اسم كان), and it is in the nominative case (مرفوع), while the predicate of the nominal sentence is called (خبر كان), and it is in the accusative case…
Grammar Practice Posted by aziza on Feb 29, 2016
In this post, we practice (كان وأخواتها). Do you remember the rule for (كان وأخواتها)? It is very easy! (كان وأخواتها) are followed by nominal sentences. The subject of the sentence is called (اسم كان), and it is in the nominative case (مرفوع), while the predicate of the nominal sentence is called (خبر كان), and…
Case marking exercise, answer Posted by aziza on Nov 20, 2015
In this post, I present the answers of the case marking exercise presented earlier. The words are presented below with justification for the case marking. The description is presented in Arabic terminology. تُعْتَبَرُ دمشق من أقدم المُدُنِ المَأْهُولَةِ في العالم. ويعود تَارِيخُ بِنَاءِ هذه المدينة إلى ما بين الألف السادس والخامس قبل الميلاد، وتَمْتَازُ بعمارتها…
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.)…
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…