Arabic: An Essential Grammar

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ّصل

ِ

vِةَي ّحَ

12

َراَصَو

22

َنِم ُفاَخَي

32

ِتْوَمـْل

42

َلا :ُهَل ُتْلُقَف

52

َّ نِإَف ْفَخَت

62

َرْمُعْل

72

لـل ِدَيِب

ا

ِهّ

82

. ُهَدْحَو

(6) I went
1
to visit
2
my grandfather at his house. He was
3
asleep in
4
the

bedroom, so

5

I sat in

8

the sitting room for

6,7

a while (lit.

6

for some

7

time)

9

with

10

my grandmother until

11

he got up (from

12

sleep).

13

He was

pleased

14

to see me

15

and sat

16

next to me,

17

talking about his

18

bad

(

19

state of)

20

health.

21

He began

22

to be afraid of

23

dying, so

24

I said to him:

‘Don’t

25

be afraid – the

26

lifespan is

27

in the hands of God

28

alone.’

1

ْوَل

2

ْمَل

3

ِنُكَي

4

يِف ُنوُناَقْل

5

) ٌةَلْوَد (ِلَو ُّ دل

6

ِةَر َ ّضَحَتُمـْل

7

اًقَّ بَطُم

8

vاًمَرَتْحُمَو

9

اَمـَل

01

َداَس

11

ُنْمْ َلأ

21

. ُةَلاَدَعْلَو

(7)
1
If
4
the law in (the)
6
civilized
5
countries
3
was
2
not
7
applied
8
and

respected, then

11

safety

12

and justice

9

would not

10

prevail.

1

َكاَنُه َّ نِإ ُلاَقُي

2

ًةَعاَشِإ

3

(^) َّ نِإ ُلوُقَت
4
ِسيِئ َّ رل َباَيَغ
5
ِنَع َليِو َّ طل
6
ِتاَعاَمِتْج
7
) ٌريِزَو ( ِءاَرَزُوْل ِسِلْجَم
8
ُهُبَبَس
9
ُهُضَرَم
01
(^) َّ نَأَو vُريِطَخـْل
11
ُهَتْوَم
21
دَق
31
ّبـَسُي
ِ
ُب
41
ًةَمْزَأ
51

. ِدَلاِبْل يِف ًة َّ يِساَيِس

(8)
2
Rumour has it (lit.
1
it is said that there is a
2
rumour
3
saying) that

the president’s

5

long

4

absence from the cabinet (lit.

7

the Council of

Ministers)

6

meetings is

8

because of his

10

serious

9

illness, and that

11

his

death

12

might

13

cause

15

a political

14

crisis in the country.

1

دَق َناكَو َةَرا يََّّ سل َقاَس / َداَق

2

َيِسَن

3

َةَزاَجِإ / َةَصْخُر

4

يِف ِقْو َّ سل

ِتْيَبْل

5

ُهْتَفَقْوَأَف

6

َنِم ٌة َّ يِرْوَد

7

. ِةَطْر ُّ شلا

8

. ِةَصْخ ُّ رل ِنَع ُهوُلَأَسَف

9

ْدَق ُه َّ نَأ َباَجَأ

01

. ِتْيَبْل يِف اَهَيِسَن

11

ْمَلَف

21

ُهوُق َّ دَصُي

31

ىَّتَح

41

ىَلِإ ُهوُداَعَأ

ِتْيَبْل

51

اوُدَهاَشَو

61

َةَزاَجِْلإ

71

.) ٌنْيَع ( ْمِهِنُيْعَأِب

(9)
1
He drove the car, but had
2
left (lit.
2
forgotten)
4
the driving
3
licence at

home. A

7

police

6

patrol

5

stopped him and

8

asked him for his licence.

9

He replied that

10

he had left it (lit.

10

forgot it) at home, but they

11

did not

12

believe him

13

until

14

they had taken (lit. returned) him home

15

and seen

16

the licence

17

with their own eyes.

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Verbs with

a weak

middle

radical