In an earlier post, you learned that the nominal sentence الجُمْلَة الاِسْمِيَّة starts with a noun اِسْم which constitutes its first part and is called the subject/topic المُبْتَدَأ, and the its second part is called the predicate الخَبَر. You also learned that the مُبْتَدَأ must be a definite noun مَعْرَفَة. Besides, it was pointed out that the مُبْتَدَأ can be indefinite نَكِرَة, and that a sentence can have more than one مُبْتَدَأ. In another post, you learned that the خَبَر can be of three types, a single noun مُفْرَد, a semi-sentence شِبْه جُمْلَة, a verbal sentence جُمْلَة فِعْلِيَّة, or a nominal sentence جُمْلَة اِسْمِيَّة. This post provides contextual examples of all these in addition to practice examples.

Text (1) is about “My Room”

Text (1)

In Text (1), the subject/topic مُبْتَدَأ is highlighted in orange. It is always definite مَعْرِفَة and is one of three types: مُفْرَد a single (not singular) noun, إِضَافَة genitive construction, or ضَمِيْر a pronoun. Here are examples for each:

• مُفْرَد (single definite noun): السَّرِيْر، الكُرْسِي، المِرْحَاض، السُّكَّر
• إِضَافَة (genitive construction): غُرْفَتِي، خِزَانَة المَلابِس، أَدَوَاتُ المَطْبَخ
• ضَمِيْر (pronoun): أَنَا

Text (2) is about “My Family’s House”

Text (2)

In Text (2), the predicate خَبَر is highlighted in blue. It is one of four types: مُفْرَد a single noun and it should be indefinite نَكِرَة; شِبْهُ جُمْلَة a semi-sentence (preposition + a noun); جُمْلَة فِعْلِيَّة a verbal sentence; or جُمْلَة اِسْمِيَّة a nominal sentence. Here are examples for each form the text:

• مُفْرَد (a single indefinite noun): طَبِيْب، صَغِيْرَة، كَبِيْرَة، شَمْسِيَّة
• شِبْهُ جُمْلَة (a semi-sentence): فِي البَيْت، فِي أُسْرَتِي، وَسَطَ الغُرْفَة، هُنَاك
• جُمْلَة فِعْلِيَّة (a verbal sentence): يَعْمَلُ فِي مُستَشْفَى، أَعْمَلُ فِي شَرِكَة، نُحِبُّ بَيْتَنَا
• جُمْلَة اِسْمِيَّة (a nominal sentence): اِسْمُها رِيْم، لَوْنُهُ وَرْدِي، شَاشَتُهُ كَبِيْرَة

Vocabulary:

Here is a list of all the words in the two texts with their English meanings: