Source for above : ARIC Arabic Class Notes – Book 1 Tanveen (Seq # 1) The tanveen is a symbol that comes on the ending letters of Arabic nouns. Tanveen can be double Dhammah (ــٌ), or double Fatah (ــً) or double Kathrah (ــٍ). Consider a letter ب. Tanveen on this letter can take the form:… Continue reading Indefinite and Definite Nouns
Source for above : ARIC Arabic Class Notes – Book 1 Source for the above: Image extracted from the book : Book 1 – Grammar Book Difference between “This book” and “This is a book” (Seq # 60) Let us understand it as below. If somebody says in English “this” then it does not convey you… Continue reading Substitute (Badal)
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Grammatical Analysis of ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِينَ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ مَـٰلِكِ يَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Interrogative particle مَــا (Seq # 73) The particleمَــا has many uses depending on the context. One of uses of مَــا is to ask a question. It’s literal translated word in the English language is “What”. Example is shown below… What is your name ? مَــا اِسْــمُــكَ ؟ What is this ? مَــا هَــذا ؟ When… Continue reading Interrogative particle مَــا
Introduction to Arabic Plurals (Seq # 41) Arabic plurals are categorized mainly into two categories, Regular plurals and Broken plurals. Regular plurals are further divided into Sound Masculine Plurals and Sound Feminine Plurals. Regular Plurals will have regular forms (Masculine==> ون , ين) and (Feminine ==> ات) in the end of the words. Keep this… Continue reading Arabic Plurals
Duals (Seq # 46) In the Arabic language, Duals also have special pattern. مَرْفُوعٌ case has ان as ending. مَــنْــصُــوْبٌ and مَجْرُورٌ have يْن (aiyn) as ending. See below table. S.no Singular مَرْفُوعٌ مَــنْــصُــوْبٌ مَجْرُورٌ 1 مُسْلِمٌ مُسْلِمَانِ مُسْلِمَيْنِ مُسْلِمَيْنِ 2 رَجُلٌ رَجُلَانِ رَجُلَيْنِ رَجُلَيْنِ 3 يَتِيْمٌ يَتِيْمَانِ يَتِيْمَيْنِ يَتِيْمَيْنِ Exercises State TRUE or FALSE: The… Continue reading Duals
Examples of Muzaaf Muzaaf iliahi (Seq # 23) Find below few more examples of Muzaaf Muzaaf ilaihi for better understanding. People of the paradise أَصْحابُ الجَنَّةِ People of the fire أَصْحابُ النَّارِ People of the elephant أَصْحابُ الفِيلِ Help of Allah نَصْرُ اللهِ Slave of Allah عَبْدُ اللهِ Mercy of Allah رَحْمَةُ اللهِ House of… Continue reading Mudaaf (Possessed) and Mudaaf ilaihi (Possessor)
Which (أَيُّ) (Seq # 71) The word أَيُّ is always Muzaaf. The noun following it will be Muzaaf ilaihi. Example: Which companion entered the cave ? أَيُّ صَــاحِــبٍ دَخَــلَ الْكَــهْــفَ ؟ The أَيُّ declines as أَيُّ (مَــرْفُــوْعٌ), أَيَّ (مَــنْــصُــوْبٌ) and أَيِّ (مَــجْــرُوْرٌ). Attached pronouns can also present with أَيُّ as shown in the below example.… Continue reading Which (أَيُّ)
Adverb (A word that gives additional information about how, when or where an action takes place, e.g. He walked slowly, They will arrive tomorrow) Adverbs (Seq # 28) In the Arabic language adverbs are also categorized as nouns. There are two kinds of adverb namely adverb of time and adverb of place. Example of adverb of… Continue reading Adverbs
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Simple grammatical analysis of arabic statements (Seq # 60A) Let us try to do some grammatical analysis with the below vocabulary. هَــذَا (this), كِــتَــابٌ (book), حَــامِــدٌ (Haamid), عَــلَى (on), جِــدَارٌ (wall), تَــحْــتَ (under). Let us demonstrate the book by using a demonstrative pronoun. Arabic statement: هَـذَا كِــتَــابٌ English translation: This is a book. Grammatical Analysis:… Continue reading Simple grammatical analysis of nominal arabic statements
5 types of Predicate (خَبَـرٌ) (Seq # 52) Predicate (خَــبَــرٌ) in nominal sentence is of 5 types as below. This is very important to understand. One word Prepositional Phrase (a phrase that includes a preposition) Adverb from Adverbial Phrase (a phrase that includes an adverb) A complete nominal sentence A complete verbal sentence We will… Continue reading 5 types of Predicate (Khabar)
No corresponding word for the English word ‘it’ (Seq # 40) In the Arabic language there is no corresponding word for the English word ‘it’. We should use هُوَ or هِيَ for the English word ‘it’ according to the gender of the object. We will learn about it more in future.
هَــمْــزَةُ الوَصَــلِ وَ هَــمْــزَةُ الْــقَــطَـع (Seq # 20) This is an important topic and needs attention. There are two Hamzas in the Arabic language. They are هَمْزَة الوَصَلْ and هَمْزَةُ الْقَطَع. Hamzatul-wasl is read when the sentence or verse is started by it. It is represented by small ص on top of it. If this… Continue reading Hamzatul-wasl & Hamzatul-Qata’a
Prepositions, heavily used topic in Quran (Seq # 15) See the below table of prepositions. English Meaning Proposition from مِنْ in فِي for لِ With, by, in, of, on (Its meaning depends on the context) بِ on عَلَى towards إِلَى About عَــنْ Nouns become مَــجْــرُوْرٌ if they come after any preposition. Consider the noun الْــكِــتَــابُ… Continue reading Prepositions & Jaar-Majroor
Feminine gender Nouns (Seq # 8) Arabic is very gender specific language. Noun for feminine gender ends with ة. This ة is called as “round ta” (“ta marbootah”). As an example, the noun for the masculine (male) doctor is طَبِيْبٌ. To make it for the feminine (female) doctor, ة should be added at the end.… Continue reading Feminine gender Nouns
Vocative particle يــَا (Seq # 61) Let us learn Vocative particle يا. Its meaning in the English language is “Oh”. Example “Oh Mohammed”, “Oh Abdullah” etc. The rules for vocative particle are below. 1) If this particle is preceded with triptote person name noun like مُحَمَّدٌ, then it will drop tanveen and leave only one… Continue reading Vocative particle يــَا (Yaa)
Demonstrative Pronouns (Seq # 30) اِسْمُ الإِشَارَةِ (Ismu l-ishaara) These pronouns are used to demonstrate some object and they all are definite. Below is the table of these pronouns. They are self-explanatory. Meaning Demonstrative Pronouns This (Masculine) هَذَا This (Feminine) هَذِهِ That (Masculine) ذٰلــِكَ That (Feminine) تِــلـْـكَ These (Masc./Fem.) هَؤُلإِ Those (Masc./Fem.) أُوْلَـئِكَ Exercises State… Continue reading Demonstrative Pronouns (ismu ishaara)
Relative Pronouns (Seq # 31) – الأَسْمَاءُ الْمَوْصُولَةُ The following are the relative pronouns in the Arabic language and they all are definite. These pronouns relate to other nouns. They mean literally as “That which”. Meaning Relative Pronouns That which (masculine) الَّذِي That which (feminine) الَّتِي Those which (Masc./Fem.) الَّذِيْنَ Exercises State TRUE or FALSE: الَّذِيْنَ… Continue reading Relative Pronouns
Particle of Conjunction (حَرْفُ عَطْفٍ) (Seq # 32) Particle of conjunction are used to connect the sentences or statements, words etc. In the Arabic language particle of conjunction is termed as حَرْفُ عَطْفٍ. Below is a table describing few of them with meanings. Other حَرْفُ عَطْفٍ will be discussed in upcoming topics later on. Meaning… Continue reading Particle of Conjunction
Adjectives (Seq # 47) Adjective is a noun that qualify another noun. As an example, in the phrase “tall man”, the noun “tall” is an adjective that is qualifying another noun “man”. In the English language the adjectives comes before the noun being qualified. But in the Arabic language the adjectives comes after the noun… Continue reading Adjectives (نَعْتٌ / صِــفَــةٌ)
Note: Quran (15:18:1) represents the Para (Juzz) # 15, chapter # 18, and verse # 1. Triptotes and Diptotes (Seq # 11) This is a very important topic to understand. Nouns in the Arabic language are categorized as Triptotes and Diptotes based on the complete or partial declension of nouns. A noun with complete declension has… Continue reading Triptotes and Diptotes
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