Topics: The Nominal Sentence: subject & predicate Comparison Between the Nominal Sentence and the Adjectival Phrase The Detached (Separate) Personal Pronouns The Attached Personal Pronouns 12/5/20151Arabic Language MCMC 2007

The watch is new. السَّاعَةُ جَدِيدَةٌ The book is new. الْكِتَابُ جَدِيدٌ The nominal sentence begins with a subject ( مُبْتَدَأٌ ), which is definite, and has a predicate ( خَبَرٌ ), which is indefinite. الْفَلاَّحُ فَقِيرٌ الشَّارِعُ وَاسِعٌ الْمُدَرِّسُ غَائِبٌ اللهُ حَكِيمٌ الْكِتَابُ ثَقِيلٌ السَّيَّارَةُ ثَمِينَةٌ السَّماءُ مُمْطِرَةٌ الْمَلِكَةُ قَوِيَّةٌ The merchant is rich.The window is broken.The boy is hardworking. The room is spacious.The sentence is long.The lesson is difficult. The chair is strong.The desk is dirty.The mosque is beautiful. 12/5/20152Arabic Language MCMC 2007 Read and translate, then identify the subject and predicate:

النعت agrees with المنعوت in gender and definiteness. الخبر agrees with المبتدأ only in gender, not definiteness. كِتَابٌ جَدِيدٌالْكِتَابُ الْجَدِيدُالْكِتَابُ جَدِيدٌ A new book.The new book.The book is new. الفاكهة لذيذة.الساعة الثمينة. دار واسعة.المسجد قريب. شجرة طويلة.النجم الثاقب.الشمس طالعة. القلم المكسور. الكرسي صغير. سيارة قديمة.الباب المفتوح.البيت جميل. خليفة حكيم.الشاي حارٌّ.الماء البارد.غرفة نظيفة. Which of the following are مبتدأ وخبر and which are منعوت ونعت ? Translate.

هُوَ He هِيَ She أَنْتَ You m أَنْتِ You f أَنَا I Who are you? مَنْ أَنْتِ؟ Who are you? مَنْ أَنْتَ؟ I am Zaynab. أَنَا زَيْنَبُ. I am Zayd. أَنَا زَيْدٌ. And who is this? وَمَنْ هَذِهِ؟ And who is this? وَمَنْ هَذَا؟ This is Fatima. هَذِهِ فَاطِمَةُ. This is Umar. هَذَا عُمَرُ. Is she a student? أَهِيَ طَالْبَةٌ؟ Is he a student? أَهُوَ طَالْبٌ؟ Yes, she is a student. نَعمْ هِيَ طَالِبَةٌ. Yes, he is a student. نَعمْ هُوَ طَالِبٌ. These are used as the subject in a sentence. 12/5/20154Arabic Language MCMC 2007

12/5/2015Arabic Language MCMC I, you (f), he, you (m), she. I am a Muslim. I am a student. He is a teacher. She is Fatima. You (f) are a bright student. You (m) are a hardworking student. He is an old teacher. Is he a teacher? No, he is the new principal. He is a serious man. Who is she? She is a teacher. Is she a new teacher? Yes, she is new. Translate: أَمُهَنْدِسٌ أَنْتَ؟هِيَ مُدَرِّسَةٌ وَعَالِمَةٌ. هُوَ مُسْلِمٌ جَدِيدٌ. نَعَمْ ، أَنَا مُدَرِّسَةٌ. أَمُدَرِّسَةٌ أَنْتِ؟لاَ، أَنَا فَلاَّحٌ. هَلْ هُوَ أَحْمَدُ؟نَعَمْ ، أَنَا يُوسُفُ. أَأَنْتَ يُوسُفُ؟ لاَ ، هِيَ هِنْدُ. هَلْ هِيَ زَيْنَبُ؟نَعَمْ ، هُوَ أَحْمَدُ.

ـِيـكِـكَـهَاـهُ myyour herhis These pronouns are attached to nouns and show possession. E.g. كِتَابُهُكِتَابُهَاكِتَابُكَكِتَابُكِكِتَابِي his bookher bookyour book my book سَيَّارَتُهُسَيَّارَتُهَاسَيَّارَتُكَسَيَّارَتُكِسَيَّارَتِي his carher caryour car my car Note: when the pronoun is attached, the Tanwin is dropped. Also ة becomes a ت before an attached pronoun.

12/5/2015Arabic Language MCMC قَلَمُهُ ، بَيْتُهُ ، سَاعَتُهَا ، أُمُّكَ ، أُخْتُكِ ، عَمُّهُ وَعَمَّتُهُ ، خَالِي وَخَالَتِي قَمِيصُكَ ، كُرْسِيِّي ، صَلاَتُهَا ، زَوْجَتُكَ ، زَوْجُهَا ، جَنَّتِي ، قِبْلَتُهُ ، رَبِّي وَرَبُّكَ اللهُ ؛ الإِسْلاَمُ دِينِي ؛ مُحَمَّدٌ نَبِيِّي ؛ الْقُرْآنُ كِتَابِي مَا اسْمُكَ؟ اِسْمِي عَبْدُ اللهِ ، أَهَذَا صَدِيقُكَ؟ نَعَم هَذَا صَدِيقِي. His room, her desk, my aunt, your (m) car, your (f) school, his city, My sister is her friend, this is my mother and this is my father, Your maternal uncle and your paternal uncle, his hand and his foot, Bilal is my brother and Zaynab is my sister, your car is expensive, Are you his sister? Yes, I am his sister. Is she your mother? Yes, she is. Translate:

The words أَبٌ & أَخٌ take an extra و when a pronoun is attached. However, ي “my” is always preceded by a kasrah. أَبُوهُأَبُوهَاأَبُوكَأَبُوكِأَبِي أَخُوهُأَخُوهَ ا أَخُو كَ أَخُو كِ أَخِ ي Translate into Arabic: Umar, Is that your father? No, that is my brother. This is my father. Fatima, is that your father? Yes, that’s my father. That is Ahmad, this is his father and this is his mother. His father is honest and hardworking. His father is a doctor. His brother is a student. He is bright. This is his bag.