Arabic: An Essential Grammar

َفْوَس ُه َّ نِإ َلاَق

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ُرَضْحَي

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َنِم ٌريِبَك ٌدَدَع

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ِسا َّ نل

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ِعاَمَسِل

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ِةَرـَضاَحُم

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ِديِمَع

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ِةَي َّلُك

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. ِقوُقُحـْل

(18) He said that a great
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number
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of people
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would attend
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to listen to
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the

lecture by

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the Dean of

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the Faculty of

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Law.

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(^) َّ لَعَل
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ِتاَقَلاَعْل
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َنْيَب ُن َّ سَحَتـَت
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اَمَدْنِع ( ٌبْعَش ).s ِبوُع ُّ شل
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َنوُم َّ لَعَتَي
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ِتا َّغُل
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. ْمِهِضْعَب

(19)
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Relations between
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people
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might
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improve when
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they learn
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each

other’s

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languages.

يِبَأ َناَك

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اًقِلَق

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اَمَدْنِع َّ يَلَع

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َمْوَيْليِعَمَم َّ لَكَت

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اًّ يِفِتاَه

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َعَم

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يِدْنِعَناَكُه َّنَأ

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َءاَسَم

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/ ِةَحِراَبْل

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. ِسْمَأ

(20) My father was
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worried
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about me when
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he talked to me today
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on the

phone,

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although he was with me

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yesterday

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evening.

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(^) َّ نَأ يِنوُرَبْخَأ
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َكاَخَأ
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َعاَب
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ُهَتَجا َّرَد
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ٍرْعِسِب
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ٍصيِخَر
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َعَم
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يِف ْتَناَك اَه َّنَأ
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. ٍةَد َّ يَج ٍةَلاَح

(21)
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They told me that
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your brother
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sold
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his bicycle at
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a cheap
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price
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although it was in good
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condition.

Translate into Arabic:

(1) Yesterday evening my brother talked to me on the phone and he was

worried about his child because he had become seriously ill.

(2) They told me that the minister postponed the tourism project, because

it costs too much.

(3) My father said that the market is not far away and therefore he goes

there everyday on foot.

(4) The article by the Dean of the Faculty of Law about the relations

between people in the Arab world was good.

(5) The minister said that elementary education is not comprehensive, and

not compulsory.

(6) After the weather was cold and rainy yesterday it became sunny and hot

today.

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Inna نَّ ِإ

and its

sisters,

ka ̄na َكـا َن

and its

sisters