Arabic Tutor

Lessons 3-5

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The Arabic Language

Utterance, any sound
that exits the mouth

Meaningful

Meaningless

Compound (a group of

Single (word)

words)

Noun

Non-beneficial (phrase,
fragment)

Beneficial (sentence)

Particle
Verb

Nominal sentence

Verbal sentence
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Grammatical states:
Translation:

Part of speech

The house fell down.

subject

I entered the house.

object

door of the house

possessive
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Overview:

4: vs.
5:

* Lesson 3:
* Lesson

* Lesson
* ]Vocab Lists

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* 2 or more words:
* The relationship between those words:
* Non-beneficial (phrases), 5 types:

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Terminology you need to know:

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* The descriptive phrase

* One word describes, and one is described, both are nouns
* 1st word: that noun which simply is, it is a being
* 2nd word: a descriptive noun

* 4 qualities in common between the two:

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Grammatical inflection
Gender
Number
Definiteness

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Descriptive phrase examples

* Using vocab lists on pages 38-40, come up with three
descriptive phrase examples.
* Submit them here: http://goo.gl/forms/xncQkzKgrr
(lost? Just write, Im lost!)

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Terminology you need to know:

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* The possessive phrase

* One word is possessed by another, and the other word
possesses, both are nouns
* 1st word never, ever, ever takes or tanween
* 2nd is always, always, always

* The order is flipped

* In English: The houses door

* In Arabic:

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Examples from Tasheel, pg 28

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Ai'raab
matching

kasrah

2nd term

Ai'raab
matching

depends

1st term

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How would you say

- The kings palace

- Sweet rose
- Clean street
- Deep sea

- Great mosque
- The Palaces garden
- The boys salty cheese

- The mans melon

- Sweet bread and milk
- Apple or pomegranate

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 vs.

* Other languages:

* English: doesnt exist as a concept

* Spanish
* Urdu

* Signs of femininity:
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As heard from the Arabs

* Word without apparent signs of femininity, but are still

feminine:
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Words referring to women

Names of countries
Body parts in pairs
Other words

* Some words have a sign of femininity but,

theyre not feminine:

used for both

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Try it out

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plurality
* Singular
* Dual

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* Plural

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duals

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Plurals

* Sound plurals singular form is visible with an addition

at the end
* Masculine:

* _:
* _:

* Feminine:

* _:
* _:

* Try it with:
* Some feminine, sound plurals are the same as their masculine
counterparts
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More on plurals

* Broken plurals the word is changed and there is no rule

used to derive it;
* Letters might be added, deleted, or sometimes just the
vowelling is changed
* These will be discussed further in Lesson 12

* The that comes at the end of dual forms is called

,
it will be discussed in Lesson 10

* Some nouns refer to a whole and are singular, but are

plural in their usage
* English: people, geese, cohort
* Arabic:

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Final note on plurals

non-human plurals are
treated as singular
feminine

# Number 18 *
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Vocab

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