Arabic: An Essential Grammar

2

The (official) responsible at

3

the Ministry of the

4

Environment did not

1

dare

5

to express

6

his opinion

7

about

8

the matter of

10

the coastal

9

pollution.

1

ُءْرَمـْلَأ

2

ٌض َّ رَعُم

3

) ٌحَرَف .s ( ٍحاَرْفَِلأ

4

ٍءْيَش ُّ لُكَو ) ٌنْزُح .s ( ٍناَزْحَأَو

5

ُهَل

6

ٌةَياَهِن

7

(^) َّ لاِإ
8
اًئْيَش
9
اًدِحاَو
01
َوُهَو
11

. ُحو ُّ رل

(9)

al-mar

u mu



arrad

̇

un li-

afra ̄h

̇

in wa-

ah

̇

za ̄nin, wa-kullu sˇay

in la-hu

niha ̄yatun

illa ̄ sˇay

an wa ̄h

̇

idan wa-huwa r-ru ̄h

̇

u.

1

A (the) human being

2

is exposed

3

to happiness

4

and sadness, and every-

thing

5

has

6

an end

7

except for

9

one

8

thing,

10

and that is

11

the soul (spirit).

1

ُناَسْنِْلاَأ

2

ُءيِرَجـْل

3

ُفِرَتْعَي

4

. ِهِتَئيِطَخِب

(10)

al-insa ̄nu l-g ̆arı

• 
  
  u ya



tarifu bi-h

̆

at

̇

ı

• 
  
  ati-hi.
  2
  A (the) brave
  1
  person
  3
  admits
  4
  his fault.

1

ْنِم

2

ّبُح

ِ

ي

3

اَهَل

4

اَم

5

ْتَأَدَه

6

ُتا َّقَد

7

يِداَؤُف

8

. ِءيِرَبْل

(11) min h

̇

ubb-ı la-ha ̄ ma ̄ hada

at daqqa ̄tu fu

a ̄dı- l-barı-

i.

1

Because of

2

my love

3

for her,

6

the beats of my

8

innocent

7

heart

4

did not

5

slow down (

5

calm).

1

َمِئَس

2

ّْنِم ُفَ لَؤُمـْل

3

ِةَءاَرِق

4

ِهِدِعاَسُم

5

ِةَئيِطَبْل

6

ِةَطوُطْخَمْلـِل

7

. ِةَميِدَقْل

(12) sa

ima l-mu

allifu min qira ̄

ati musa ̄



idi-hi l-bat

̇

ı-

ati li-l-mah

̆

t

̇

u ̄t

̇

ati

l-qadı

• mati.
  2
  The author
  1
  was bored with
  4
  his assistant’s
  5
  slow
  3
  reading of
  7
  the old
  6
  manuscript.

1

يِف ْتَكَراَش

2

يِذَّ ل ِرَمَتْؤُمـْل

3

َدَقَعْن

4

(^) ُّ لُك اًر َّ خَؤُم
5
ِتاَئِفْل
6
ِةَعِزاَنَتُمـْل
ىَلَع
7
ِةَلَأْسَم
8
ِعيِزْوَت
9
ِهاَيِم
01
.ّيَ َّ رل
(13) sˇa ̄rakat fı

• l-mu

tamari llad

̄

ı

• -n



aqada mu

ah

̆

h

̆

aran kullu l-fi

a ̄ti l-

mutana ̄zi



ati



ala ̄ mas

alati tawzı

• 
  i miya ̄hi r-rayyi.

All of

6

the conflicting

5

parties on

7

the matter of

8

distributing

10

irrigation

9

water

1

participated in

2

the conference which

3

was held

4

recently.

َبِرـَش

1

ُحِئا َّ سل

2

ُناَشْطَعْل

3

ًءاَم

4

ْنـِم اًرِكَع

5

ٍرْئـِب

6

يِف ٍةَقـيـِمَع

7

. ِءاَرْح َّ صل

(14) sˇariba s-sa ̄

ih

̇

u l-



at

̇

sˇa ̄nu ma ̄

an



akiran min bi

rin



amı

• qatin fı
  
  
  • s
    ̇
  
  
  
  

-s

̇

ah

̇

ra ̄

i.

2

The thirsty

1

tourist drank

4

muddy

3

water from

6

a deep

5

well in

7

the

desert.

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Rules for

writing the

hamzah

(hamzatu

l-qat

̇



i)