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Arabic Grammar
APPENDIX B: A BRIEF JOURNEY
THROUGH ARABIC GRAMMAR
You will cover the basics of the following topics in this Part.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Subject and Predicate………………………… 19
Masculine and Feminine Genders…………… 20
Numbers: Singular, Dual, and Plural……… 22
Adjective and its Noun………………………… 23
The Possessive Case or Genitive………………24
Interrogatives ………………………… ……… 26
Pronouns………………………………………… 26
The Prepositions…………………………………29
Subject, Verb, and Object………………………30
The Tense…………………………………………31
10a. Past Tense ………………………………… 31
10b. Imperfect Tense ………………… ……… 34
10c. Imperative and Negative Imperative…… 37
10d. Derived Forms of the verb ……………… 42
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Arabic Grammar
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1. Subject and Predicate  ¦ ¬¦
Allah is creator.
Muhammad (peace be upon him, pbuh) is prophet.
Tariq is Mujahid (one who struggles)
The sentences like these are composed of a subject and a predicate which are called
in Arabic. To translate such sentences into Arabic, just put Tanveen (
words (in case they are singular masculine). Tanveen (
Æ
Æ
¦ ¬¦ and Â
¾ ÷
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) on each of these
) is also known as double pesh or
double dhammah.
êó » ¦
¢ É
È
Allah is creator.
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Muhammad (pbuh) is Prophet.
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¾ÿ ÷ ¼° ×
Tariq is a Mujahid.
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creator
êó »
¢
prophet
¦û
one who
¾ ¢
ÿ ´÷
struggles
house
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big
mg. slave
Zï
¦
¾ß
¦
pious
¶ó Ï
¢
truthful
religion
ú®
Ê
one
¾
·¦ÈÂ
scholar
öó ß
¢
¼® Ï
Æ Ê ¢
======================= Exercises for Lesson No. 1 =======================
Using the words and their meanings given above, translate the following sentences into English.
The translation is also provided to help you check your answers.
The house...