Arabic: An Essential Grammar

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Exercises


Practise your reading:


1
َلَسَغ

2
ُمِداَخـْل

3
ِريِدُمـْل ِتْيَبَجَرَد

4
ُهَتَرا َّ يَسَو

5

. ِهِبَتْكَم َضْرَأَو


(1) g ̇asala l-h
̆

a ̄dimu darag ̆a bayti l-mudı-ri wa-sayya ̄rata-hu wa-


ard
̇

a

maktabi-hi.
2
The servant
1
washed
3
the stairs of the director’s house,
4
and his car
5
and the floor of his office.

1
ُبيِب َّ طل َراَز

2
اَهِتْيَب يِف َةَضيِرَمـْل

3
يِف اَهَصَحَفَو

4

. اَهِريِرَس


(2) za ̄ra t
̇

-t
̇

abı-bu l-marı-d
̇

ata f-ı bayti-ha ̄ wa-fah
̇

as
̇

a-ha ̄ fı- sarı-ri-ha ̄.

The physician
1
visited
2
the patient (
2
the sick person, f.) in her house
3
and

examined her
4
in her bed.

ُتْبَتَك


1
ًةَلاَسِر ُهَل

2
ُهُتْلَأَسَو

3
ْنَعَوْمُكْنَع

4
ِعوُضْوَم

5
ْمُكِنَكَس

6

. ْمُكِتَحْنِمَو


(3) katabtu la-hu risa ̄latan wa-sa


altu-hu


an-kum wa-


an mawd
̇

u ̄


i sakani-

kum wa-minh
̇

ati-kum.

I wrote a letter
1
to him
2
and I asked him
3
about you and about
4
the

subject (question, issue) of
5
your housing
6
and scholarship.

1
ُتْدَجَو

2
َةَعْطِق

3
يِف ٍمْحـَل

4
ِدا َّ رَبْل

5

. اَهُتْلَكَأَو اَهُتْخَبَطَف


(4) wag ̆adtu qit
̇


ata lah
̇

min fı


  • l-barra ̄di fa-t
    ̇


abah
̆

tu-ha ̄ wa-


akaltu-ha ̄.
1
I found
2
a piece
3
of meat in
4
the refrigerator,
5
I (then) cooked (it) and

ate it.

ُتْبَهَذ


1
ىَلِإ اَها َّ يِإَو

2
ِةَقيِدَح

3
ْنِمَو ِتاَناَوَيَحـْل

4
ُتْبَهَذ َكاَنُه

5
اَهِلِزْنَم ىَلِإ اَهَعَم

6
ُتْرِهَسَو

7
اَهَدْنِع

8

. ِتْقَوْل َضْعَب


(5) d
̄

ahabtu wa-


iyya ̄-ha ̄


ila ̄ h
̇

adı


  • qati l-h
    ̇


aywa ̄na ̄ti wa-min huna ̄ka d
̄

ahabtu

ma


a-ha ̄


ila ̄ manzili-ha ̄ wa-sahirtu


inda-ha ̄ ba


d
̇

a l-waqti.

I went
1
(together)
1
with her to
2,3
the zoo (lit.
2
the garden of
3
animals),

and from
4
there I went
5
with her to her home and
6
I spent
8
some time

(in
6
the evening)
7
at her place.

1
ْمُتْنَأ

2
ْمُكَل

3
اَنَأو ْمُكُيْأَر

4

. يِيْأَر يِل


(6)


antum la-kum ra


yu-kum wa-


ana ̄ l-ı


  • ra





  • .
    1
    You
    2
    have
    3
    your (own) opinion and
    4
    I have my (own) opinion.


Separate
personal
pronouns
and suffix
pronouns

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