{"id":11,"date":"2009-01-29T05:42:42","date_gmt":"2009-01-29T09:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=7"},"modified":"2018-02-08T10:43:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T10:43:09","slug":"arabic-sentence-structure-nominal-and-verbal-sentences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/arabic-sentence-structure-nominal-and-verbal-sentences\/","title":{"rendered":"Arabic sentence structure: nominal and verbal sentences"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arabic has 2 types of sentences: nominal and verbal.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Nominal sentences begin with a noun or a pronoun, while verbal sentences begin with a verb. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Nominal sentences have 2 parts: a subject (<\/span>\u0645\u0628\u062a\u062f\u0623<\/span>) and a predicate (<\/span>\u062e\u0628\u0631<\/span>). When the nominal sentence is about being, i.e. if the verb of the sentence is \u2018to be\u2019 in English, this verb is not given in Arabic. Instead, it is implied and understood from the context. This can be confusing to some learners who speak European languages and are used to having a verb in each sentence. Consider the first 3 examples below where verb to be is not given in the Arabic sentence.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The subject of the nominal sentence is a noun or a pronoun, while the predicate can be a noun, adjective, preposition and noun, or verb. In the following examples the subject<\/span> is underlined:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u0647\u0630\u0647<\/span><\/span> \u0645\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0629 \u0645\u0645\u062a\u0627\u0632\u0629.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an excellent article.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u0648\u0627\u0644\u062f\u0647\u0627<\/span><\/span> \u0644\u0628\u0646\u0627\u0646\u064a.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHer father is Lebanese.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u0646\u062d\u0646<\/span><\/span> \u0645\u0646 \u0645\u0635\u0631.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are in Egypt.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u0627\u0644\u0648\u0644\u062f<\/span><\/span> \u064a\u0644\u0639\u0628.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe boy plays.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The subject of a nominal sentence is usually definite, yet an indefinite subject is allowed in some types of sentences that express existence or possession, and in this case the subject comes after the predicate. In the following examples the subject<\/span> is underlined:\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u0647\u0646\u0627\u0643 \u0623\u0648\u0644\u0627\u062f<\/span> \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u062d\u062f\u064a\u0642\u0629.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere are kids in the park.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u0644\u064a \u0623\u062e<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI have a brother\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u0639\u0646\u062f\u064a \u0633\u064a\u0627\u0631\u0629<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI have a car.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Verbal sentences begin with a verb, and they have at least a verb (<\/span>\u0641\u0639\u0644<\/span>) and a subject (<\/span>\u0641\u0627\u0639\u0644<\/span>). The subject can be indicated by the conjugation of the verb, and not written separately, for example:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u0623\u0639\u0645\u0644.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI work.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u062f\u0631\u0633\u0646\u0627.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe studied.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u064a\u0639\u0645\u0644 \u062c\u062f\u0651\u064a \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u062a\u062c\u0627\u0631\u0629.<\/span><\/p>\n

My grandfather works in trade.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Some people prefer verbal sentences to nominal sentences whenever a verb needs to be used in the sentence, however, this is not necessarily the case and the choice of which word to use at the beginning of a sentence depends on what you want the focus of the sentence to be:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u064a\u0639\u0645\u0644 \u062c\u062f\u0651\u064a \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u062a\u062c\u0627\u0631\u0629.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u062c\u062f\u0651\u064a \u064a\u0639\u0645\u0644 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u062a\u062c\u0627\u0631\u0629.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arabic has 2 types of sentences: nominal and verbal. Nominal sentences begin with a noun or a pronoun, while verbal sentences begin with a verb. Nominal sentences have 2 parts: a subject (\u0645\u0628\u062a\u062f\u0623) and a predicate (\u062e\u0628\u0631). When the nominal sentence is about being, i.e. if the verb of the sentence is \u2018to be\u2019 in…<\/p>\n

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