Arabic: An Essential Grammar

Examples: 35.2 The ordinal numbers و ُلََّأْ َلأ
al-
awwalu (masc.) and لأوَلـىَُأْ
al-
u ̄la ̄ (fem.) ‘first’ have the ...

Note: In this construction the ordinal number is in the masculine even when the following noun or suffix pronoun is feminine, un ...

َألْـ َحا ِد َي^
al-h ̇ a ̄diya (m.) is used instead of و ُلََّأْ َلأ
al-
awwalu ‘first’ (m.), and َألْـ َحا ِد َيـ َة^
...

are formed by prefixing the definite article َأْلـ.. to the corresponding cardinal numbers. They are inflected for case but not ...

numeral phrase ِبـˆ ْلـ ِمـ َئـ ِة bi-l-mi
ati or ِفي ْلـ ِمـ َئـ ِة fı ̄ l-mi
ati to the cardinal number, e.g. 35.10 Days ...

35.12 Seasons of the year ر ِبي ُعََّأل^
ar-rabı  u, spring used in Egypt, Sudan and North Africa used in eastern Arab worl ...

ص ْي ُفَّ َأل^
as ̇ -s ̇ ayfu, summer َأْلـ َخ ِري ُف^
al-h ̆ arı fu, autumn َأل ِّش َتا ُء^
asˇ-sˇita ̄
u, winter 35. ...

35.14 Christian festivals The Christian year is called ّيـ ُةَس َن ُة  ْلـ ِمي َلا ِدَّ َأل
as-sanatu l-mı ̄la ̄diyyatu ‘the ...

ُلَّ وَأ ْتَناَك 1 ٍةَلْمَح 2 ىَلِإ ٍة َّ يِبيِلَص 3 يِف ِقْر َّ شل 4 َرَشَع يِداَحـْل ِنْرَقْل 5 اوُّ لَتْحَو 6 يِف َسْدُقْ ...

ُةـَعاـ َّ سلاَ 1 َنْلآ 2 ُةـَثـِلا َّ ثـل 3 َةَرـْشَع َسْمَخَو 4 ْنـِم ًةـَقـيـِقَد 5 ِدـْعَب 6 . ِرْه ُّ ظل (9) The time ( ...

ْلَه 1 اَنـُف َ ّرَشُت 2 َكِتَراَيِزِب 3 ِتْب َّ سل َمْوَي 4 ِلِبْقُمـْل 5 ِةَبَساَنُمـِل 6 ِديِع 7 يِدَلايِم ؟َنيِسْمَخـْل 8 ...

(2) This week I learned by heart the first volume of the Modern Arab History. (3) Last Monday I paid one third of the price of m ...

282 Chapter 36 Exception 36.1 Exception in Arabic: (^) ًأ ِْلا ْس ِتـ ْثـ َنا ُء The following are the four most common words or ...

(b) لاَّ ِإ
illa ̄, in a negative sentence with the first noun expressed In a negative sentence the second noun that follows ل ...

لا َر ُج ٌلَّ َما َجا َء ِإ ma ̄^ g ̆a ̄
a
illa ̄ rag ̆ulun. Only one man came. (lit. Nobody came except one man.) لاب ِـ َر ...

1 يِف اوُثَحاَبَت 2 ِرمْ َلأ 3 ْمُه َّ نَأ َرْيَغ / ْمُه َّ نَأ َّ لاِإ 4 ْمَل 5 اوُدِجَي 6 ~ ّلاَح taba ̄h ̇ at ̄ u ̄ fı l- ...

1 ) ٌذيِمْلِت ( ُةَذِمَلاَت َنَم اƒ 2 ِديََّّ سل 3 َرَشَع اَنْثِْلا ِحيِسَمـْلا 4 . اًدِحاَو َّ لاِإ ِهِتَلاَسِرِب (6) (All of ...

َلا َفْوَس 1 يِرَتْشَأ 2 َنِم اًئْيَش 3 (^) َّ لاِإ ِةَبَتْكَمـْل 4 َةَديِرَجـْل 5 َةَّ لَجَمـْلَو . ِنْيـَتـ َّ يـِبَرَعْل ...

(2) All the students slept in the country house except my sister who returned to the city. (3) All the soldiers went to the bord ...

289 Chapter 37 Verbs of wonder, the negative copula َل ْي َس laysa, verbs with special uses and some special uses of the preposi ...