ArabicL Version1.1
ArabicL Version1.1
ArabicL Version1.1
understa
nd the
Arabic
Language
Contents
Preface and About the Author.................................................................................... 3
Note to the Reader..................................................................................................... 4
Tanveen...................................................................................................................... 6
No word for 'a' and 'an'............................................................................................... 7
Indefinite Noun and Definite Noun............................................................................. 7
Sun letters and Moon Letters.................................................................................... 10
Marfoun, Mansoob and Majroor................................................................................ 11
By default a noun will always be
.....................................................................13
Feminine gender Nouns............................................................................................ 14
Part of body with pairs are feminine.........................................................................16
Parts of speech in the Arabic language....................................................................16
Triptotes and Diptotes.............................................................................................. 18
Endings of Diptotes are Fataha in case of
and
....................................21
First two categories of Diptotes................................................................................22
6 Detached personal pronouns................................................................................. 24
Prepositions, heavily used topic in Quran.................................................................27
Behavior of Diptote with Preposition........................................................................30
Prepositions when with Pronouns............................................................................. 31
Vocative Harmony, Jaar Majroor case of for preposition with attached pronoun. . .33
Jaar Majroor with other attached personal pronouns................................................35
.............................................................................................. 38
......................................................................................................... 40
The difference between "Book of a student" and "Book of the student"..................43
Examples of Muzaaf Muzaaf iliahi............................................................................. 45
Muzaaf Muzaaf ilaihi with pronouns..........................................................................46
Understanding Ya-Mutakallim................................................................................... 48
Explaining Preposition + pronoun = jaar majroor, Noun + pronoun = Muzaaf Muzaaf
ilaihi.......................................................................................................................... 49
Preposition before Muzaaf Muzaaf ilaihi...................................................................50
Adverbs.................................................................................................................... 51
.......................................................................................................... 53
Demonstrative Pronouns.......................................................................................... 54
Relative Pronouns..................................................................................................... 56
Particle of Conjunction (
) ...........................................................................57
Effect of conjunction on subsequent words (nouns)..............................................57
Chain of Muzaaf Muzaaf ilaihi................................................................................... 59
Concept of Mabni...................................................................................................... 61
Learning 14 Personal Pronouns.................................................................................63
Jaar Majroor with 14 pronouns..................................................................................67
Muzaaf Muzaaf ilaihi with 14 pronouns.....................................................................68
No corresponding word for the English word it.......................................................69
Introduction to Arabic Plurals................................................................................... 70
Sound Masculine Plurals........................................................................................... 71
Sound Feminine Plurals............................................................................................ 73
Broken Plurals........................................................................................................... 74
All the broken plurals are treated as feminine singular............................................76
Duals........................................................................................................................ 77
Adjectives................................................................................................................. 78
No Arabic word for is.............................................................................................. 81
Introduction to Nominal sentence............................................................................82
Subject (
) is always ................................................................................83
Difference between a Sentence (
) ................................85
) and a phrase (
5 types of Predicate (
) ......................................................................................... 86
One word predicate.................................................................................................. 87
comes in the position of subject or predicate..................................89
Prepositional phrase as a predicate (
( ) second type).........................................90
Adverbial phrase as a predicate (
( ) third type)..................................................91
Khabar can come before in nominal sentence..........................................................93
Nominal sentence as Predicate (fourth type)...........................................................94
Verbal sentence as Predicate (fifth type)..................................................................97
Difference between "This book" and "This is a book"...............................................97
Vocative particle .................................................................................................. 99
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Tanveen
The tanveen is a symbol that
comes on the ending letters of
Arabic nouns. Tanveen can be
double Dhammah ( ), or double
Fathah ( )or double Kathrah ().
Consider a letter . Tanveen on this
letter can take the form: ( Dun),
(Dan), ( Din). These forms are
used depending on the situation,
which we will learn in upcoming
topics.
Examples:
book)
Exercises
,
( A
,
The
with
The
with
The
or
with
Examples:
( A book),
( A
pen),
( An orphan)
Exercises
1) State TRUE or FALSE: The
word
means a wall.
2) State TRUE or FALSE: The
word means a treasure.
3) State TRUE or FALSE: The
word
( A word) has hidden
a.
( A book),
( A pen)
Definite Noun Examples:
( the pen)
( the book),
Exercises
1) State TRUE or FALSE: Read
the verse Quran (15:18:34). The
word
( fruit) is an indefinite
noun.
2) State TRUE or FALSE: Read
the verse Quran (15:18:35). The
word
(an unjust person) is
an indefinite noun.
3) State TRUE or FALSE: Read
the verse Quran (15:18:46). The
word
( The money, The
property) is an indefinite noun.
4) State TRUE or FALSE: Read
the verse Quran (16:18:79). The
word
( The ship) is a
definite noun.
5) State TRUE or FALSE: Read
the verse Quran (16:18:82). The
word
( The wall) is a
definite noun.
Example
Moon Letters
Example
Exercises
1) Read
the
verse
Quran
(15:18:11). Why we pronounce
the of in the word
?
2) State TRUE or FALSE: Read
the verse Quran (15:18:6). The
is pronounced for the word
of
because the letter is a
Moon letter.
3) State TRUE or FALSE: Read
the verse Quran (16:18:79). The
for the word with
of
meaning The ship is silent
(
)
Meaning: A book
Genitive
case,
(
Nominative case,
)
Meaning: The book
(
Accusative case,
)
Meaning: The book
(
)
Genitive
Meaning: The book
case,
1) Read
the
verse
Quran
(15:18:9) carefully. What is the
case (
,
,
) for
the word with meaning The
cave ?
2) Read
the
verse
Quran
(15:18:54). What is the case (
,
,
) for the
word
with
meaning
The
Quran ?
3) Read
the
verse
Quran
(15:18:63). What is the case (
,
,
) for the
word
with
meaning
The
Shaitaan ?
4) Read
the
verse
Quran
(15:18:63). What is the case (
,
,
) for the
word
( The sea) ?
Exercises
)
( The Sea
(Fish
Worshipp
(er
)
( Severe
Exercises
The
ship
The
rock
Para
dise
Ears,
which
pairs)
legs
dont
are
like
are
end
Hands,
Legs,
The above nouns are feminine in
nature.
Parts of speech in the Arabic
language
English language has 8 parts of
speech namely: Noun, Pronoun,
adjective,
preposition,
verb,
adverb,
conjunction
and
interjection.
But the Arabic language has only 3
parts of speech. Those are Noun,
Verb and Particle. These 3 parts of
speech of arabic language covers
Pronoun =
Conjunction
Adjective=
Adverb
=
Interjection
=
Exercises
1) State TRUE or FALSE: The
Arabic noun (
) includes the
English
nouns,
pronouns,
adjectives,
adverbs
and
interjections.
2) State TRUE or FALSE: In
) is
Arabic language the verb (
a particle.
3) State
TRUE
or
FALSE:
Prepositions and conjunctions
are treated as particles (
) in
the Arabic language.
with
corresponding
)
tanveens (two Dammah, two
fatah, two kathrah).
Triptote Examples
Examp
les of
Triptot
es
Cas
e
Mar
fou
n
Ma
nso
ob
Maj
roo
r
) without tanveen. Instead
they will have single Dammah for
nominative (
) case and single
Fathah for accusative (
) and
genitive (
) cases respectively.
Diptote Examples
Cas
e
Mar
foun
Man
soo
b
Majr
oor
Examples
of
Diptotes
diptote.
2) State TRUE or FALSE: Read
the verse Quran (16:18:106).
The word
( hell) is a diptote.
3) State TRUE or FALSE: Read
the verse Quran (16:18:94). The
words
and
are not
diptotes.
4) State TRUE or FALSE: Read
the verse Quran (15:18:37). The
word
( A man) is a triptote.
Man
soo
b
Majr
oor
Exercises
1) State TRUE or FALSE: The
Examples
of
Feminine
Person names
Majr
oor
Man
soob
Majr
oor
He (masculine)
They
All
(masculine)
You (masculine)
You
(masculine)
We
All
Propositi
on
the
from
house
the
in the cave
in the sea
from evil
on Allah
The preposition
has lot of
meanings
depending
on
the
context. These contexts will be
learned in future.
Exercises
before it.
3) State TRUE or FALSE: Read
the verse Quran (15:18:19). The
word
( the city, the town)
is not
.
4) State TRUE or FALSE: Read
the verse Quran (15:18:10). The
word
is
because of
the preposition .
5) State TRUE or FALSE: Read
the verse Quran (15:18:15). The
word is
because of the
preposition .
and
cases. One simple
example is below. Observe the
Majroor case, it has Fathah.
Ma
rfo
un
Ma
nso
ob
Maj
roo
r
( in hellfire). Here
is
.
Exercises
1) State TRUE or FALSE: Read
the verse Quran (15:18:31). The
diptote noun
( bracelets) is
because of the preposition
before it.
2) State TRUE or FALSE: Read
the verse Quran (16:18:94). The
two diptote nouns
and
are not
as there is
no preposition before them.
3) State TRUE or FALSE: Read
the verse Quran (16:18:106).
The diptote noun
is
.
Meaning
from
(masculine)
from
(masculine)
from
(masculine)
Detach
ed
Pronou
n
Prepositi
on
him
= +
them
=
+
you
+
=
from
you
(masculine)
from me
from us
all
+
=
= +
Exercises
1) State TRUE or FALSE: Read
the Quran (16:18:83). The
attached pronoun in the
is
construction
.
2) State TRUE or FALSE: Read
the Quran (16:18:81). The
is present
construction
in this verse.
3) State TRUE or FALSE: Read
the Quran (15:18:39). The
attached pronoun
construction
in the
is
.
Meaning
for
table
Jaa
r
Maj
roo
r
him
for
the
Det
ach
ed
Pro
Prep
nou ositi
n
on
= +
(masculine)
for
them
(masculine)
for
you
(masculine)
for
you
all
(masculine)
for me
for us
=
+
+
=
=
+
= +
=
+
Jaar
Majro
or
with them (masculine)
with you (masculine)
with you all
Detach
ed
Pronou
n
Prepositi
on
= +
=
+
+
=
+
=
(masculine)
with me
= +
=
+
with us
Meaning
in him (masculine)
in them
(masculine)
Jaar
Majro
or
Detach
ed
Pronou
n
Prepositi
on
in you (masculine)
in you all
(masculine)
in me