Arabic: An Essential Grammar

ْلَه

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ىَلَع يِن ُّ لُدَت

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( ٍناَمُجْرُت ) ٍمِجْرَتُم

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؟ِةَّ يِبَرَعْلَو ِة َّ يِناَمـْلْ َلأ ِنْيَتَغ ُّ لـِل

(8) Will you

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direct (show) me to

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a translator

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of the two languages

German and Arabic.

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َن َّ كَمَت

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ْنَأ ْنِم ٌنيِجَس

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َنِم َّ رِفَي

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ِنْج َّ سل

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(^) ٌّ يِطْرـُش ِهِب َقِحَلَف
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َضـَبـَقَو
ِهْيـَلـَع
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ُهَذَخَأَو
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َنِم َتْرَرـَف اَذاـَمـِل : ُّ يـِطْرـ ُّ شـل ُهـَلَأـَسَف vِقيِقْح َّ تلـِل
؟ِنْج َّ سلا
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يَّنَ ِلأ ُتْرَرـَف :ُنيِج َّ سل َّدَر
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ُتْلـَلـَم
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. ِنْج َّ سل يِف َشْيَعل

ه ُّ يِطْر ُّ شل َلاَقَف

ا

َسْيَل اَذ

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َفْوَسَو اًر َ ّرَبُم

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. ِهْيَلِإ َك ُّ دُرَأ

(9)

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A prisoner

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was able

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to escape from

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jail. A policeman

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chased him,

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caught him

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and took him in

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for interrogation. The policeman asked

him: ‘Why did you escape from jail?’ The prisoner

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answered: ‘I escaped

because I

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was fed up

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with life in jail.’

The policeman said, ‘That is not

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an excuse and I will

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take you back

there.’

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ِبـَبـَسِب

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ِسْمَأ ِلاَزْل َ ّزل

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ْتَقـ َّ قـَشَت

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( ٌلِزْنَم ) ِلِزاَنَمـْل ( ٌراَدِج ) ُناَرْدُج

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( ٌرْسِج ) ُروُسُجـْلَو

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(^) َّ بَدَو
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ُفْوَخـْل
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َنْيَب ُرْع ُّ ذلَو
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. َنيِنِطاَوُمـْل

ُلاَزْل َ ّزل َناَك ْوَلَو

01

(^) َّ دَشَأ
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vٍليِلَقِب
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لاَ


َرَجَفْن
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دَُّّ سل
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ُهاَيِمـْل ِتَفَرَجَو
َلِزاَنَمـْل
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(. ٌةَعَرْزَم ) َعِراَزَمـْلَو
(10)
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Due to
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the earthquake yesterday, the
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walls of houses
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and bridges
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cracked
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and fear
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and panic
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spread among the
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citizens.
Had the earthquake been
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a bit
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stronger,
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the dam would
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have
burst, and the water would
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have swept away houses
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and farms.
ْلَه
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يِف ُّ كُشَت
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ِمْكُح
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يِدْنِع َسْيَل vَلا ؟يِضاَقْل
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(^) ُّ يَأ
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لَو ٍّكَش
ا
ْنِك
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ُّ نُظَأ
ىَلَع َمْكُحـْل َّ نَأ
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َناَك ِمَه َّ تُمـْل
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. اًديِدَش

(11) Do you

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doubt

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the judge’s

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decision (decree)? No, I do not have

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any

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doubt but

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I think that the decision against

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the accused was

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severe.

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ٌلُجَر َّدَم

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ُهَدَي

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اَهَعَم َناَكَو ًةَأَرْم َحِفاَصُيِل

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ٌبْلَك

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ُهَّ نَأ ُبْلَكْل َّ نَظَف

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اَهُبِرْضَيَس

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ِلُج َّ رل ىَلَع َّ طَنَف /َزَفَقَف

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يِف ُه َّ ضَعَو

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. ِهِلْجِر

(12) A man

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stretched out

2

his hand

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to shake the hand of a woman who had

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Doubled

verbs,

quadrilit-

eral verbs