- In this lesson we will learn the following things:
- The rules for using prepositions (the words used to connect two or more words or sentences) and the four most common prepositions (Click on the Arabic words to hear the correct pronunciation of that word).
- The rule for the use of interrogative expressions - i.e. the sentences used to ask the questions, and some of the interrogative (questioning) words like:
- Some of the Personal pronouns - e.g.:
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English |
Person |
Gender |
Arabic |
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I |
1st |
Masculine/Feminine |
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You |
2nd |
Masculine |
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You |
2nd |
Feminine |
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He |
3rd |
Masculine |
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She |
3rd |
Feminine |
- The difference between the masculine and the feminine words and their punctuation and the three ways of changing a masculine noun to the feminine.
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English |
Arabic Symbol |
Arabic |
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By adding /ta’ marbūta/ |
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By adding /alif maqŝūra/ |
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By adding /alif mamdūda/ |
- The difference between the nominal sentences (starting –originally- with a noun) and the verbal sentences (starting –originally- with a verb):
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Grammatical term |
The Nominal Sentence /Al ĵumla tul Ismiyya/ |
The Verbal Sentence /Al ĵumla tul Fiξliyya/ |
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Arabic |
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Transliteration |
/Ahmadu dhahaba ilal ĵāmiξati/ |
/Dhahaba Ahmadu ilal ĵāmiξati/ |
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Literary Reading |
Ahmad went to the university |
Went Ahmad to the university |
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