Arabic: An Essential Grammar

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(^) ُّ يِدْنُجـْلَأ
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يِف ُحوُرْجَمـْل
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ِثِداَح
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َوُه ِسْمَأ
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َمْوَيْل ُناَبـْعَت
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يِف ٌمِئاَنَو
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. ِهِريِرَس

(13)
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The soldier
2
injured (wounded) in
4
yesterday’s
3
incident is
5
tired today
6
and asleep in (his)
7
bed.

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ْنَم

2

َوُه

3

ُرَبْكَأ

4

َكْنِم

5

َوُه ٍمْوَيـِب

6

َكْنِم ُرَبْخَأ

7

. ٍةَنَسِب

(14) He
1
who
2
is
5
a day
3
older
4
than you is
7
a year
6
more experienced than

you. (Proverb)

1

ُةَثَلاَث َرَشَن

2

( ٌطِباَض ) ٍطا َّبُض

3

َنِم َنوُدِعاَقَتُم

4

َ ّيِناَمـْلْ َلأ ِشْيَجـْل

5

ْمِهِتاَر َّ كَذُم

6

ِنَع

7

ِبْرَحـْل

8

ِةَّ يـِمـَلاَعْل

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. ُىَلوْ لأ

(15) Three
3
retired
2
officers from the German
4
army
1
published
5
their

memoirs

6

of

9

the First

8

World

7

War.

Translate into Arabic:

(1) My paternal cousin married (prep.: ِم ْن ) a foreign journalist.

(2) Sea fish is tastier than fish from (of) the lakes.

(3) The leaves of the trees are green in spring and yellow in autumn.

(4) Many students know the works of the famous Lebanese poet by

heart.

(5) The president of an African state published his memoirs yesterday and

the publishing house will translate them into many foreign languages.

(6) The newspaper published an article about (َع ْن ) yesterday’s incident.

(7) The German officer is one of the most experienced officers in

warfare.

(8) The army officer injured in the air raid yesterday is tired today and

asleep in (his) bed.

(9) The publishing house will translate and publish the book about the First

World War.

(10) The radio mentioned today that the Red Crescent and the Red Cross

transported the injured (victims) to the nearby hospital.

(11) My eldest maternal cousin got married but, unfortunately, she gave birth

to a blind baby.

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Adjectival

patterns,

relative

adjectives,

comparative