In Arabic, nominal sentences typically begin with a subject (\u0645\u0628\u062a\u062f\u0623), which can be a noun or a pronoun, e.g.<\/p>\n
\u0627\u0644\u0648\u0644\u062f \u0637\u0648\u064a\u0644.<\/p>\n
\u2018The boy is tall.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u0647\u064a \u0637\u0627\u0644\u0628\u0629.<\/p>\n
\u2018She is a student.\u2019<\/p>\n
A noun that occurs as a subject is often definite, e.g. a proper noun like (\u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f) or (\u0646\u0627\u062f\u064a\u0629), a noun that begins with \u0627\u0644, e.g. (\u0627\u0644\u0648\u0644\u062f) or (\u0627\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0644\u0628\u0629), or a noun that has a possessive ending, e.g. (\u0643\u062a\u0627\u0628\u064a) or (\u0635\u062f\u064a\u0642\u062a\u064a).<\/p>\n
In some cases, when the subject is indefinite, it appears after the predicate. The predicate in this case is often made up of a prepositional phrase or the expression (\u0647\u0646\u0627\u0643), i.e. \u2018there is\u2019. In this case, the predicate occurs at the beginning of the sentence (\u062e\u0628\u0631 \u0645\u0642\u062f\u0645) and the subject appears after it (\u0645\u0628\u062a\u062f\u0623 \u0645\u0624\u062e\u0631), e.g.<\/p>\n
\u0647\u0646\u0627\u0643 \u0623\u0645\u0627\u0643\u0646 \u062c\u0645\u064a\u0644\u0629 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0644\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a.<\/p>\n
\u2018There are beautiful places in the Arab world.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0643\u062a\u0627\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u062f\u064a\u062f \u0642\u0635\u0635 \u062c\u0645\u064a\u0644\u0629.<\/p>\n
\u2018In the new book, there are lovely stories.\u2019<\/p>\n
This is important with regard to the case marking of these sentences, as many students often miss the fact that these sentences are nominal sentences with fronted predicates. The subject that comes at a later position in the sentence must be marked nominative, e.g.<\/p>\n
\u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0643\u062a\u0627\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u062f\u064a\u062f \u0642\u0635\u0635\u064c \u062c\u0645\u064a\u0644\u0629\u064c.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In Arabic, nominal sentences typically begin with a subject (\u0645\u0628\u062a\u062f\u0623), which can be a noun or a pronoun, e.g. \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0644\u062f \u0637\u0648\u064a\u0644. \u2018The boy is tall.\u2019 \u0647\u064a \u0637\u0627\u0644\u0628\u0629. \u2018She is a student.\u2019 A noun that occurs as a subject is often definite, e.g. a proper noun like (\u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f) or (\u0646\u0627\u062f\u064a\u0629), a noun that begins with \u0627\u0644…<\/p>\n