In this post, I bring together some constructions that are based\u00a0on nouns or that involve nouns in them. These can be\u00a0confusing to new learners of Arabic. The reviewd constructions are nominal sentence (\u0627\u0644\u062c\u0645\u0644\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0633\u0645\u064a\u0629), nouns and adjectives (\u0627\u0644\u0627\u0633\u0645 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0635\u0641\u0629) and\u00a0idaafa constructions (\u0627\u0644\u0625\u0636\u0627\u0641\u0629).<\/p>\n
The Nominal Sentence:<\/strong><\/p>\n A nominal sentence begins with a noun or a pronoun, and it is called the subject of the sentence. The second part of the sentence is called the predicate, and it can include different constructions, e.g. nouns, adjectives, verbs or prepositional phrases, e.g.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f \u0637\u0628\u064a\u0628.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cMohammed is a doctor.\u201d<\/p>\n \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0631\u0633 \u0635\u0639\u0628.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe lesson is difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0644\u062f \u064a\u0644\u0639\u0628.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe boy is playing.\u201d<\/p>\n \u0627\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0645\u0639 \u0632\u0645\u0644\u0627\u0626\u0647.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe student is with his colleagues.\u201d<\/p>\n Nouns and Adjectives:<\/strong><\/p>\n Nouns come before adjectives in Arabic, and they both have to agree with each other in number, gender, definiteness, case, etc.<\/p>\n \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0631\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u0635\u0639\u0628<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe difficult lesson\u201d<\/p>\n \u062f\u0631\u0633 \u0635\u0639\u0628<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cA difficult lesson\u201d<\/p>\n \u0627\u0644\u0637\u0644\u0627\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0628\u0646\u0627\u0646\u064a\u0648\u0646<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe Lebanese students\u201d (pl.)<\/p>\n \u0637\u0627\u0644\u0628\u0627\u062a \u0644\u0628\u0646\u0627\u0646\u064a\u0627\u062a<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cLebanese students\u201d (f. pl.)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Idaafa:<\/strong><\/p>\n Idaafa is a construction that involves two or more nouns. The first one has to indefinite, and the last one is usually definite, but it can be indefinite as well in some cases, e.g.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u062c\u0627\u0645\u0639\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0627\u0647\u0631\u0629<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cCairo University\u201d<\/p>\n \u062f\u0631\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0631\u0627\u0621\u0629<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe reading lesson\u201d<\/p>\n \u0627\u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0644\u0628<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe student\u2019s cousin\u201d<\/p>\n \u063a\u0631\u0641\u0629 \u0646\u0648\u0645<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cA bed room\u201d<\/p>\n I hope these examples have provided good illustration of the 3 different constructions that are based on nouns!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In this post, I bring together some constructions that are based\u00a0on nouns or that involve nouns in them. These can be\u00a0confusing to new learners of Arabic. The reviewd constructions are nominal sentence (\u0627\u0644\u062c\u0645\u0644\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0633\u0645\u064a\u0629), nouns and adjectives (\u0627\u0644\u0627\u0633\u0645 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0635\u0641\u0629) and\u00a0idaafa constructions (\u0627\u0644\u0625\u0636\u0627\u0641\u0629). The Nominal Sentence: A nominal sentence begins with a noun or a pronoun…<\/p>\n