following are the most common prepositions used to express the passive
agent:
Examples:
ل ِمِّقـ َب ِل ْلـ ُمـ َعـَُكـ ِتـ َب ْلـ ِكـ َتـا ُب ِم ْن
kutiba l-kita ̄bu min qibali l-mu
allimi.The book was written by the teacher.(lit. The book was written from the side of the teacher.)ُكـ ِتـ َب ِمـ ْن َطـ َر ِفـ ِه
kutiba min t
̇arafi-hi. It was written by him. (lit. It was written from hisside.)Exercises
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َلِتُق2
ُةَثَلاَث3
( ٌصْخَش .s ( ٍصاَخْشَأ4
َحِرُجَو5
يِف ٌةَعَبْرَأ6
ِثِداَح7
ٍرْيَس8
ِسْمَأ9
اوُلِقُنَو01. ىَفْشَتْسُمـْل ىَلِإ اًعيِمَج
(1) qutila t
̄ala ̄t
̄atu
asˇh
̆a ̄s
̇in (s. sˇah
̆s
̇un) wa-g ̆urih
̇a
arba
atun fı- h
̇
a ̄dit
̄i sayrin
amsi wa-nuqilu ̄ g ̆am-ı
an
ila ̄ l-mustasˇfa ̄.
2
Three
3
people
1
were killed and
5
four
4
injured in
7
a traffic
6
accident
8
yesterday and
10
all
9
were taken (transported) to (the) hospital.1
َثِعُب2
ٌدـْفَو3(^) ٌّ يِمْسَر
4
ِلـَبـِق ْنـِم
5
ِريِمْ َلأ َ ّوُمُس
6
يِف َلِبْقُتْسَف
7
ِراَطَمـْل
8
اوُذِخُأَو
9
اًعيِمَج
01
ِةَلـَباَقُمـِل
11
. ِكِلَمـْل ِةَلَلاَج
(2) bu
it
̄a wafdun rasmiyyun min qibali sumuwwi l-
amı- ri fa-stuqbila fı
l-mat
̇a ̄ri wa-
uh
̆id
̄u ̄ g ̆amı
an li-muqa ̄balati g ̆ala ̄lati l-maliki.
3
An official
2
delegation
1
was sent
4
by
5
His Highness the Emir.
6
They
were received at
7
the airport, and
9
all of them
8
were taken
10
to meet
11
His Majesty the King.ِم ْن َط َر ِف ِقَـب ِل ِمـ ْن َجا ِن ِبِم ْن
min t
̇arafi min qibali min g ̆a ̄nibifrom the side of, on behalf of = by131Passive
verbs