Arabic: An Essential Grammar

1

َباَتِكْل اَمُتْبَتَك اَمُتْنَأ

2

ُنْحَنَو

3

. ُهاَنْأَرَق

(12)

antuma ̄ katabtuma ̄ l-kita ̄ba

2

wa-nah

̇

nu qara

na ̄-hu.

1

You (dual) wrote the book

2

and we

3

read it.

1

يِعَم

2

اَهَبَتَك ِة َّ يِبَرَعْلˆِب ٌة َّ صِق

3

ٌمِلاَع

4

. ٌروُهْشَم

(13) ma



ı

• qis
  ̇

s

̇

atun bi-l-



arabiyyati kataba-ha ̄



a ̄limun masˇhu ̄run.

1

I have (with me)

2

a novel in Arabic written by (wrote it)

4

a famous

3

scholar.

1

يِتْيَب َماَمَأ

2

ٌةَنْيَنُج

3

اَهيِف

4

ٌةَكْرِب

5

. ٌةَعِساَو

(14)

ama ̄ma bayt-ı

• g ̆unaynatun fı
  
  
  • -ha ̄ birkatun wa ̄si
  
  
  
  



atun.

1

In front of my house there is

2

a garden in which

3

there is (

3

in it)

5

a large

4

pond.

Translate into Arabic:

(1) Your father washed his car in front of our garden.

(2) His office is in front of the large pond.

(3) The physician visited me at my home and examined me in my bed.

(4) I wrote to her and I asked her about her birthday and about her trip to

her father and brother.

(5) I found your (f.) book and the novel in my girlfriend’s office.

(6) I spent some time with her at the zoo, and from there we went to the

market.

(7) I was pleased at seeing your father and brother in the centre of the city.

(8) The servant opened the director’s refrigerator and he found a piece of

meat, which he cooked and ate (lit. and he cooked it and ate it).

(9) Thank you for your letter and birthday present.

(10) The scholar has written (wrote) his novel in Arabic.

(11) Yesterday I read her letter about her trip with her girlfriend.

(12) The sick bird fell on the ground and the cat ate it.

(13) The servant travelled (rode) with his girlfriend in the same bus.

Separate

personal

pronouns

and suffix

pronouns

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