Arabic: An Essential Grammar

Exercises

Practise your reading:

1

َك َّ نَأ يِنَءاَس

2

َتْئِج

3

ّ خَأَتُم

ِ

ىَلِإ اًر

4

. ِرَمَتْؤُمـْل

(1) sa ̄

a-nı

• 
  
  anna-ka g ̆i

ta muta

ah

̆

h

̆

iran

ila ̄ l-mu

tamari.

1

I was offended that you

2

came

3

late to

4

the conference (congress).

1

ُمَّ لَعُي ُمَلْ َلأَأ

2

َءْرَمـْل

3

(^) َّلُك
4
ْنَع ٍءْيَش
5
) ٌرْمَأ .s ( ِروُمُأ
6

. ِةاَيَحـْل

(2)

al-

alamu yu



allimu l-mar

a kulla sˇay

in



an

umu ̄ri l-h

̇

aya ̄ti.

1

Pain teaches

2

a (the) man

3,4

everything about

5

the matters of

6

life.

1

اَم

2

اوُؤَرَق

3

ِنَع اًئْيَش

4

ِخيِراَت

5

ِةاَيَح

6

ِرِعا َّ شل

7

. ِسـْيـَقـْل ِءىِرـْم ِفوُرْعَمـْل

(3) ma ̄ qara

u ̄ sˇay

an



an ta ̄r-ıh

̆

i h

̇

aya ̄ti sˇ-sˇa ̄



iri l-ma



ru ̄fi mri

i l-Qaysi.

They have

1

not

2

read

3

anything about

5,4

the biography (

5

life

4

history) of

7

the well-known

6

poet Imru

l-Qays.

1

اًئيِنَه

2

ِةَرْه َّ زلـِل

3

(^) َّ نِإ wِةَلِبا َّ ذل
4
َءاَم َّ سل
5
ُرِطْمُتَس
6

. اًدَغ

(4) hanı

• 
  
  an li-z-zahrati d
  ̄

-d

̄

a ̄bilati;

inna s-sama ̄

a sa-tumt

̇

iru g ̇adan.

1

Salute (

2

to)

3

the withered

2

flo we r.

6

Tomorrow there

4,5

will be rain (lit.

4

the sky

5

will rain).

1

ّلـلˆِب ُمِلْسُمـْل ُنِمْؤُي

ا

َلاَو ِه

2

ُمَلاْسِْلإ ُنَذْأَي

3

. ِلْتَقْلˆِب

(5) yu

minu l-muslimu bi-lla ̄hi wa-la ̄ ya

d

̄

anu l-

isla ̄mu bi-l-qatli.

A Muslim

1

believes in God and Islam does not

2

allow

3

killing.

1

ُتْئِج

2

ىـَلـَع َكَئـ َّ لأُنـَهِ

3

ِةَأَفاـَكـُم

4

ِدِئاَق

5

. ِشْيَجـْل

(6) g ̆i

tu li-

uhanni

a-ka



ala ̄ muka ̄fa

ati qa ̄

idi l-g ̆aysˇi.

1

I came

2

to congratulate you on

3

the reward of the

5

army

4

commander.

1

ىَتَم

2

َب َّلاُّ طل ُءى َّ نَهُت

3

يِف َنيِزِئاَفْل

4

ِناَحِتْمِْلا

5

؟َ ّيِئاَه َّ نل

(7) mata ̄ tuhanni

u t

̇

-t

̇

ulla ̄ba l-fa ̄

izı-na fı- l-

imtih

̇

a ̄ni n-niha ̄

iyyi?

1

When

2

will you congratulate the students who were

3

successful in

5

the

final

4

exam?

اَم

1

َؤُرـَج

2

يِف ُلوُؤْسَمـْل

3

ِةَراَزِو

4

ِةَئيِبْل

5

َءلاْدِْلإ

6

ِهِيْأَرِب

7

َلْوَح

8

ِةَلَأْسَم

9

ِث ُّ وَلَت

01

. ِئِطا َّ شل

(8) ma ̄ g ̆aru

a l-mas

u ̄lu fı

• wiza ̄rati l-bı
  
  
  • 
    
    ati l-
  
  
  
  

idla ̄

i bi-ra

yi-hi h

̇

awla mas

alati

talawwut

̄

i sˇ-sˇa ̄t

̇

i

i.

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Rules for

writing the

hamzah

(hamzatu

l-qat

̇



i)