1. Rules for …
“مَنْ”
“تَحْتَ”
“يا”
Lesson 05

2. مَنْ

3. مَنْ is
a Noun (اسمٌ )
مَنْ
Who

4. كِتابُ مَنْ؟
Whose book?
مُحَمَّدٍ
كِتَابُ
Possessor
Possessed

5. كِتابُ مَنْ مُضافٌ إليه Possessor Possessed
Possessor ( ) is always in genitive case (we are looking for kasrah here!).
مُضافٌ إليه
مَن does not have kasrah in this example as the last vowel sign (harakah) on it is fixed, cannot be changed.

6. كِتابُ مَنْ
Rule: There are certain indeclinable nouns in Arabic that remain unchanged.

7. تَحتَ

8. تَحتَ under This word shows the position of something or someone
It is called a “zarf” ظَرفٌ) (
It has fatha on it’s last letter.
تَحتَ
under

9. المَكْتَبِ تَحْتَ Let’s analyze Under the desk اسمٌ ظَرفٌ مُضافٌ إليهِ

10. الكِتَابِ تَحْتَ Let’s analyze Under the book اسمٌ ظَرفٌ مُضافٌ إليهِ

11. يا

12. يا O! It is a vocative particle.) (حَرفُ نِداءُ
A noun that comes after it has one dammah. يا O!

13. يا بِلالُ يا بِلالٌ It is a vocative particle.) (حَرفُ نِداءُ
A noun that comes after it has one dammah.
يا بِلالُ
يا بِلالٌ

14. يا شَيخُ يا خَالِدٌ يا صِدِيقٌ يا شَيخٌ يا بِنْتُ يا استَاذُ
Practice:
يا شَيخُ
يا خَالِدٌ
يا صِدِيقٌ
يا شَيخٌ
يا بِنْتُ
يا استَاذُ

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Presentation from Madina Arabic Book 1 Series