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Madinah
Arabic Reader
Book 1
EIGHT PART COURSE FOR
THE LEARNING OE ARABIC AS TAUGHT AT
THE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY, MADINAH
In the United States, Islamic schoolsadmit students as young as 3 years of age (Pre-Kindergarten)
and, the ensuing years, these students progress through Kindergarten, 1st Grade and all the way
in
through 12th Grade, at which time, Insha Allah, they should be ready to enter college.
Islamic schools curricula comprise secular subjects, which are generally the same as those
mandated by the County or the State for public schools. In addition, Islamic schools tutor religious
subjects such as Arabic, Islamic Studies and Qur'an. The standards to which students are tutored
and tested in secular subjects, on a grade-by-grade basis, are well documented so that
administrators, teachers and students know, at the outset, what is expected in terms of
performance from each party. Equally important, parents are aware of such expectations. No
similar standards exist for the religious component of Islamic schools' curricula.
The Board of Directors of the Nur-UI-Islam Academy, a fully-accredited Islamic school (Pre-K
through 12th grade) located in the Fort Lauderdale area of Florida, felt that the absence of well
documented standards was not conducive to proper administration, teaching or learning. As a first
step to compensate for this shortcoming, the Board felt that there was an urgent need to structure
and publish a series of textbooks that would fit well into the structure and overall curricula of the
Nur-UI-Islam Academy, and that may serve the needs of other schools in North America and
elsewhere.
This led the Academy's Board of Directors to invite Professor Abdur Rahim, Director of the
Translation Center of King Fahd Quran Printing Complex and former Professor of Arabic at the
Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia to visit the Academy and to produce a series of
textbooks that would enable students to read, write and speak Arabic with some degree of
proficiency by the 8th Grade. Professor Abdur Rahim was both gracious and generous in his
response and traveled without delay to the Academy's campus to undertake the exercise. His
efforts led to this eight-volume series catering for students from Kindergarten through 8th Grade.
Professor Abdur Rahim's eight-volume texts allow the language to be acquired in the classical
structural form. The books attempt to teach language skills through applied grammar. Each lesson
consists of a conversation based on certain language patterns. Various types of exercises help the
student to understand each of the patterns occurring in the lesson, and to master them. The
vocabulary represents classical and Qur'anic words and expressions, along with words used in
modern Arabic.
The series of books are currently being utilized at the Academy to prepare students for the
University of London (UK) GCE Ordinary Level and Advanced Level examinations, via Edexcel
International.
The Board of Directors, faculty, students and parents of the Nur-UI-Islam Academy are very much
indebted to Professor Abdur Rahim for his generosity and devotion to our cause, and we pray that
Allah rewards him in abundance.
May Allah bless all who seek knowledge. Jazak Allah Khairan.
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CONTENTS
Lesson 1 3
Lesson 2 13
Lesson 3 17
Lesson 4 28
Lesson 5 37
Lesson 6 45
Lesson 7 52
Lesson 8 56
Lesson 9 62
Lesson 10 72
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. jfcj ijla no* ji ^ f
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10
POINTS TO REMEMBER
What is this?
This is a book.
Is this a house?
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Yes, this is a house.
Who is this?
Note:
4. The particle \
placed at the beginning of a statement turns it into a
question, e.g.,
Is this a house? \M
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Vocabulary:
y» »-
in x
j^'d*.iUi
LESSON TWO
3J -Ji #
/*1L
^At
f
*:iuij
?y *, I
L<T Ciiii>
I • f
? L* 3 u
-*
-^ X
CiJU3
13
? Oil ^j IJLJ» jL.
?dJ—Jili
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14
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EXERCISE Jij- -4J
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READ AND WRITE 4Q \" s«
o %
j" i£ l
f
l
f
15
POINTS TO REMEMBER
In this lesson, we learn the use of £LJi meaning "that", and j meaning
"and", e.g.,
Note:
Vocabulary:
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LESSON THREE
*/
/
i
J ^ :
J—<^r c- — -Jl : c. j
if U31 :
* . »
* — *
.£jl*> o\Jl
"•
JC03
^Ij Jb^ ol^Jl
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18
EXERCISES
** ^ * s O -- o 9
.»
wo _oo
•^t^r wj-Uh (Y)
- .» ^o-
cr?.-;
19
Complete each of the following sentences
using one of the words given below:
>*J»0)
J •
<3j?<*) ^<r)
0^ O) JtfM* (•)
& tSii
x- • o o
•J l
j~£j> 0) .a# 0)
•i* (
A) -W* (V)
20
* t
a .
^: uL&
j/JCo
°J
54*
J—^? :
>J
° 1 • f
LJLJaJ! : LJLJp
#• #J> <T)
A - * A '. i t
J , > a
. JuJUIrVfil (^ •)
* 1 .Of*
.J** &jf&lj tkfi L«Wt(U)
21
J* * o
&
.< ,.'
•
<*) •
tf 0)
W (*) •>-> (T)
•
J*** O) -J*> (•)
22
*- * o
:(f) ttun
^ ^i ayfli L^uf (v) xj£\ ^ur^i -^ ^
(r)
Match the following:
<v> 0)
jjj.
Lit Ut
^ OlTa Ji
j- i? r\ *&\
C> ji
u*0-
New words:
tf*
<* -•
rU^Jl
23
*
0. t. -* V * * \i' ** "*•: *\ >>
J> (0 J o.
* »
5_...,.:..:t,.n
» »\ i,
Oj •*
U* o
'«'
I : a (f)
<w-aj II : i (£)
a '
t <
* a a
t o:
*
iJu_Ul: ^ (V)
t (V:
JO
fjJL- SJl :
J* (A) J (A;
: g* (*) J (V
u i
I
-
ft" :
u^ (i *)
> •
CJLJJ1 : h (VV)
JUjil
J-fcil: J Of)
J e H
<•— W* : (It)
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EXERCISE jij. -*J
c*
j£j&\ ft jy a*iji &>i> iprij a^i ou&i fjSi
Read the following words and write them down bearing in mind
the rule regarding the Sun and Moon Letters:
O
«3 O
•
*1 c>Z -j-
<cIfc
L..
/
#
.'^\ :£iA\ .CJikJi .L>d
*. i
25
POINTS TO REMEMBER
In this lesson we learn the use of the Arabic definite article «al» which
corresponds to the English "the". When the definite article «al» is prefixed
baitu-n al-baitu
Arabic has 28 letters. Of these 14 are called Solar Letters or Sun Letters,
and the other 14 are called Lunar letters or Moon Letters. In the
articulation of the Solar Letters the tip or the blade of the tongue is
involved as in t, n, r, s, etc. The tip or the blade of the tongue does not
When «al» is prefixed to a noun beginning with a Solar Letter the «l» of
«al» is assimilated to the Solar Letter, e.g. al-shams (the sun) is
No such assimilation takes place with the Lunar Letters, e.g. al-qamaru
Here are some more examples of the assimilation of the «l» of «al» to the
Solar letters:
•
al-najmu becomes an-najmu
al-rajulu becomes ar-rajulu
Note that the «a» of «al» is pronounced only when it is not preceded by
another word.
If it is preceded by a word it is dropped in pronunciation, though it remains
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The initial vowel (a, i, or u) which is omitted when preceded by a word is
Vocabulary:
^ rich
*
j&
-•
poor
J*> tall
J^ phort
small
'J big
light heavy
paper U\ water
apple beautiful
shop
& sweet
sick
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-> ,cS ». J" o si
LESSON FOUR
- 1° {ti
.fCUJl
0)
(V)
*-
- - o a - . ^ J
.^U^cJi ^-3 jA
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EXERCISES 4)V
tanLji y| (t-)
»>-tfo?(t)
<? L_*T ^ (0)
tl^ft J L*Tf ( \)
. tg&Ji
^ ^tf ( v)
f£j^it^3»(A)
cl
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:oUl£)1 jsMjf J2> ^o UST, \')\
( Y)
Read and write each of the following words vocalizing its last
letter:
•*.» «" o, o x o p o o o
* o
j > *>ai
...u.
.ysan j» p«i (i) .omjj 3JJ ( f)
0,0--' ° £
30
Consider the following: -JJ £ j£(j
* 6 , t
4 wl
O
4 o V^l3
-*s
i ^iiP
J- *-
4 fl,^
3
» — II
Read and write each of the following words vocalizing its last
letter:
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(V)
^ ••
1 oil ^J j* : ^jjJi
rf * 4 , f
2 », x -'J a &s*
> tf 6 * *
* 6 < *
_ ^ ^ ' - o? .» * - * J,
* * - t
j ,-• « a a s *
jjpfcjjt
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' - ' ' - .,
< *
Read and write each of the following words vocalizing its last
letter:
*
Read and write: -t -Qj i^_jt ,^ x
33
^""
> y y s s
.* $
New Words :
J o *" .»
-1° -Jli
43^*31
34
POINTS TO REMEMBER
In this lesson we will learn the use of prepositions.
1
fi l-bait-i (in the house) , »j ,
•
Bait-u-n (a house) i o.
Arabic jj_f*°).
2. In this lesson we also learn the two pronouns: j — a "he, it", and [c—»
"she, it".
°
He is in the mosque. = -
u - *
The word ^-^ has a long «?». But when it is followed by «al» the «T» is shortened because in Arabic
long vowels are not followed by a consonant which has no vowel, (fil fil ).
35
And a feminine noun is referred to by the pronoun ^—» whether it
Where is Aminah? ^y - •{
Note:
house. This rule does not apply to proper nouns. So -ut — *• is just
Vocabulary:
*4^«
e — kitchen jp&yAs toilet
^ In
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LESSON FIVE
**
* ^
« «« .-
^ J ^.^ ^ o* a
** J»* Oi 1 : J^uu
*
^ Ij I j£ ji III :
V-
y#£ll j$ fo : ^_ip
^ -*
**
. ui^Ji ci%j ^a ;
< ^ lp
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:S_#i *L£,Sli j* L-rf )
*><
^
Vji-Ji 4^ yf (
r>
1«^ J
lfjll«p
A <•
AMI c <->lsT
'III
Um JI M c
1
COj
'-* i» ,
^
S .» a
jjd-oi
-
- i
j\ t
'^ ,**
OjCLJl c 7" ls£» ail^ 4
JO**
£#f»
Nv
38
roQSdl j^ljf Ja> ^ Li^ij y« (
r>
Read and write each of the following phrases vocalizing the
last letter of both the words:
** -^
Read: J1(i)
'J—
.
|jUl 4l»3^ M^J
1
£,j*** a^tUJl L*U
* * -
. X*J v^ 1
(*)
J-^3
. *UIp- **H& (\) vis* oi^ii (o
40
Correct the following phrases: :9iai our^ii -fe^i)
6 )U-Jl cJb oJt-kji jUiai
k jjLj\
6
cfS^ cH !
afjii iiii
.» is • .* a 6 x .4
.•*
Read and write each of the following nouns using the correct
ending:
•#••#> J ~, •* -'
.*»*.* 4»! St «
?y a ^ l,ljt
?,
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V^JJuJl *-**>! U . ixab»- ^ij^uJl *_«ul
«* **
s s s f y ,
X X
TJ*> *U li (•)
New words:
VI
-- 1
<ci5
ti
'J
UL^i
in*
-* *
42
POINTS TO REMEMBER
mudaf ilaihi.
•
Note:
a) that the mudaf takes neither the definite nor the indefinite
% <,.
c) ? j— <> L>ll_f "whose book?". Note that °J* is not in the genitive
case because it is indeclinable, i.e. it does not change to
indicate its function. There are some indeclinable nouns in
43
&£*{ U c£v£> U J*>^ b not J*>^ b
4 etc.
4. The words jU*t and j>* commence with hamzatu l-wasl. When preceded
by a word the initial «i-» is dropped in pronunciation.
Vocabulary:
44
jrfdl -J! ^jJ II
LESSON SIX
6X
TtJL O*
9S * ,* of > *
*? i. *.
'
?dl
45
f iJ A^J
A $* ** %
*• •'.' ;(
2 *• $ *+ +
. Ij^r 4JL»ir ^jb . ^Jp 4pL» aJLa
o J• a o tHx *
» ^-o .»
46
*!*/ h
READ AND WRITE U I
* , • >
s* **
J*
*<*». >
>cr
»j^uJi C-iJ oJjt>j jiX^\ 'Ji\ IJLft (£) . A^-lsri oJLftj ULi Ijj* (f)
~
r
U... ,
J
. *%! ^ ^1 f ft f
^
s
jM i? (%) j-»b »1 AAA (O)
EXERCISES j jjUi
^ <4Li J i r
>
47
... 3j$aJi
f
. juu a^luJi (V)
... biyi .
>i> LJlkJl (A)
*
* s *
¥»
-
:hfi\ J^Jl wv# (I )
°
a /.„ £?» t u _.
. ^jSAa^j^il (Y)
48
/ , a
j-juji
j> 9 rj&\ 'J (O)
. ^ J IkJl (f)
' Jf
Vt
&r- 5^1
siiL-Di
49
POINTS TO REMEMBER
1. aJ__a which is the feminine of Ui. It is pronounced oil* but the alif is
omitted in writing.
2. Nouns and adjectives are made feminine by adding a «$» at the end.
2, *. >
mudarris-u-n mudarris-a-t-u-n
(teacher) (lady teacher)
JV son M daughter
brother sister
All nouns in Arabic are either masculine or feminine. Feminine nouns and
adjectives usually have the 3-ending. But there are some words which do
not have this ending. Students when learning a new noun must learn its
gender also.
Double members of the body are usually feminine while single members
are masculine, e.g.
erninine Masculine
* %
Jj hand t/lj head
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3. J is a preposition meaning "belongs to, for" e.g.,
This belongs to Bilal and that belongs to Hamid. >lnJ Ctlii) c J*yU I JUfc
Note that the word aDi becomes *U lillah-i (belonging to Allah) by just
This is beautiful,
51
LESSON SEVEN
?0J ft
,y>
4 i«l OJLft
X
x XX
**
.a • «• -
flj
U"
.J •£ \JLft
A kj ilb t^
52
teJULrU
" ©«•* «* I 1
.
jjaji o^ul- ClAL"j ^jjjjt a^C oJu
» *
S*oJLft
a* —
1
U
MX -
.^oLP
W*f .
53
:(oii 4 Ui) ^J& 330.1 *l>b 2^1 olUSft Jl >f (t)
Fill in the blank in each of the following sentences with t*U or
ovU:
# *
** (?) Vi O) •? f 0)
*„ *.* * ** >
ijfij** (>0) »&j*. 0*) •
(J-*
1 ** 0?)
sjifc (>A) -a^jb- (W> •J*r- 0^>
-2 hi (X •) 3* <n>
54
New words:
t * s s s ""
i * ^ *
a k3i
i >g '
'jiBi
' » i
o^jj I'pty s.
* * * *
3ul ^iUi
I JJ*\ dJjt
POINTS TO REMEMBER
In this lesson we learn dii» which is the feminine of &J£ "that" e.g.,
Vocabulary:
55
ti
LESSON EIGHT
J
!N
EXERCISES
^\3l 11.1 U ( Y)
a in B
*
!^I
TT
-
&:
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>**.-- *' -
Read and write: IjM (T)
j
<«/ i j
•
u-^f J*j» t«Wj <^j*U
1
Jejtl l& (t)
*^i. -
. ^jiU) > V? ^iu cdi
t ii*f
( V)
>^ " - o
^-
O
diL-3 coudi ^ 33CJ1 ojla (
n
•^^
>>&i) . 0jL-» 6JA (Y)
57
^jOjl^l-
s
j~±y* O* . 4PC C*JUL» (t)
. 0S}J
c/J ** * *•
»- <- e e
*• ** ** '
<«* S" S
(JV) 0)
(^) (t)
(jjxUi)
M> (T)
f
(C^' ) (*)
(J^ 1
) (*)
O -*)
1
(V)
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0% ....(A)
(viui)
Me ...(H)
(UiLii)
0')
_3
£-;
to
£ * „ '
SM •»V
^ajiuyiji ••^
'
a * :° '
»' ,>»
•-'ji
^
i
,» • :•.
^ Jj ixiyi jj.
^V »M
ouii Ji ©fiffb* £Ui^ QQt
5 *
Read and write:
t)3 .
m
Jl
os c r
m
mm > 9 J ^ 8 D i
• .
.'"'
«* " ^ -
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Read:
o o
» - >
POINTS TO REMEMBER
In this lesson we learn:
J o a
That nurse is from Japan.
. JUUl ^ &^UJl dU;
2. We have seen that the normal ending of a noun is «-u», and it
changes to «-i» after prepositions, and when the noun is a
possessor, e.g.
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Nouns ending in long «-a » have no endings. They remain
unchanged, e.g.,
This is America
.l£ty»l AAA
I am from America
o ,,
3. UI> "behind",
f
U? "in front of". The noun after these have «-i»
ending e.g.
Vocabulary:
^^ Switzerland
/ «?
> < » * H hospital
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all ^j^—
II
LESSON NINE
(')
1» .- J 1> * * * ,
ij^J*^ kUlr
. JjJ&?
* I ••»
i»^ ^ i«
<?CL \h u
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.CJi
4
of
? a** ui cjff
EXERCISES l&
-C"'. ' f- - .
f
^ J^j CJ (V)
'
(^ LT-J^ CJfl (A)
j^>J CJlt }a .V
«" ^
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O so
-- 1* -* a)
.
AaJ tijJ&jW (A) ^--J* JU^ti (V)
.cftCT J^a3 ( d )
Read :
:f>Jl (i)
J _ J e
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.9f
J^-^
y
D^-JLT
M<
O^L^ oi :t.hfc 0L_*>
—
4^
&a*JI di ::*'*
ft* JJ-
(V)
^J^' J$
. jjjuji alp ji
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4 *
1 >«
l -\\
4 a »
* .
XX XX X ™ X
-' ^Qgp - . - -
^^;
» ^ »» * -
£~~j
EXERCISE L*U"
-*J
.0
x x x ~x x ^
*x x^ ^ i
X «» X X X ** x x
XX X ^x
.jejjJl
J\ 'jM\ Jfr> LJ»i ( v
!« <" X X
.dip Itf-
'J& iiUi (5
x- a
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•^^ u*J^ O* 1
J* *>** Jljfo U» J* (1 t
the blank
Fill in in each of the following sentences with the
adjective given in brackets. Add Jl if necessary:
(S**)*
£r££&itfO)
- J
6»f )
-Jj-* <i >t* (t)
>« ^
&&) sJ^2w»<V)
fc>
6>*&) * ipi a* -^ (A)
$ h* Sfc*ii(oo
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Read:
'J- 0")
* Jt X X x ^" -
^
< XX < X
# x x ^"^x _!!— — .-
** * XXX
Read the example, then make sentences on its pattern:
0)
00
l» if x Ji
a iJ *f i/O"** (?)
.^•Aill ciJ (
i)
•f*yV <•>
*bJ — Sf
4- i
mi o Jax
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POINTS TO REMEMBER
Part A
In Arabic the adjective is called na't (cJJ), and the noun it qualifies
is called man'ut(CJ^). The adjective is in agreement with the noun in
* .<• *.{' *
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2. Adjectives ending in «-an» have no tanwin, e.g.
l^ mal'an-u (full)
Vocabulary:
j#> famous
PartB
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The man who went out of the mosque just now is a famous
merchant.
* 9
3. Note that when J is used with a noun having Jl, the alif of Jl is
-
omitted:
f
The teacher is with the headmaster. It p Jfi iJi
Vocabulary:
library
71
o
AtflVJUl
LESSON TEN
X
1 1 * I ff * * ' *
* 6 s * » Ji/ /
. "
t
• * * * •» *
s s
»• • • ^
.OUU! ^ jA « V : j^w*
•" tf • kf j < t * x J
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. <u^«i am ^a .*« : »u?b»
* * ** *-! • m a t s
.djjiiJl 4J*UJI ,-9 UA ,-** _jAj t 4*U>1 <U*»>1 cJL^-ij pi .J .*-*J : JU^u*
s * I
^^ -- ^
it J 4 i« -
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o <
EXERCISE jij.
A 'ft\ *LcJi\
s y
^ L^f ( \
Answer the following questions:
? jM aJf (i)
Jr. s5 ^ £ «. t* a
c$b*0?)
i >»?
? flj j^l(Vd)
<?4 A) U(1A)
„4 ^o^ ^ of „
^
,»« ^/ J ,/J
^JJ T <f t)
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Fill in the blank in each of the following sentences with the
suitable pronoun (li / «):
•HO
->-
—^ ,0
.
*
a?U» ciJi dii <•
i>^ -50 .
U> j0~ ( Y)
^ o »» •* * «*
'^ o ^ . o *.• -- s
i- r
' w
* <
* r
*. to
* " s
' ' \*
'. \. •> ' OS »*
»
75
Read:
With:
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p
° ^ 0> li
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^| ^ ++
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^ ;f
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< f
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.< ^
f •* >*
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Read the following proper names vocalizing the last letter in each
of them:
POINTS TO REMEMBER
In the lesson we learn:
These pronouns are not full-fledged words. They are like suffixes
2. As we have seen "your book" is iblsT and "his book" is *j& '.
* i * f
An extra waw j has to be added between the mudaf and the mudaf
ilaihi. In the same way "his father" is not ajI (abuhu) but ijfi (abuhu).
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Note the following:
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"My father" and "my brother" have no extra waw, e.g. <d\ kuA.
The nouns which take this extra waw when they are mudaf are
four words. You have learnt two, and you will learn the other
two in future m\ *& d\.
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3. We have already learnt that the word ^ meaning "with" is also used
to convey the idea of "to have" e.g., ?jii$ Q'jL *\ "Have you a pen?"
(literally, "Is there a pen with you?")
Note:
£} J> means "I have a brother", literally "a brother belongs to me."
s
j»3 ^ means "with" I have mouth" literally "a mouth belongs to me."
nature.
5. We have learnt L*_ai "he went". Now we learn C-I—ai "you went"
(masculine singular) and c^*^ "I went" (both masculine and feminine).
rfJ\
Yes, I went. c°V> t ljo
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6. We have learnt that feminine proper nouns have no tanwin e.g. t<*4j—
<u*i
Likewise, masculine proper nouns with 3- ending also have no tanwin, e.g.
* i. ' » * * ' * \ .
"The teacher is with the headmaster" it means that the teacher has
gone to the headmaster's office, and he is with him there, but ^j-UJi
headmaster anywhere.
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8. 4*a\irJb "at the university". -^ is a preposition meaning at" in".
Madinah Munawwarah".
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colleague, classmate ^J< young man
JAJ1 child
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