Arabic: An Essential Grammar

ْلَه

1

اَنـُف َ ّرَشُت

2

َكِتَراَيِزِب

3

ِتْب َّ سل َمْوَي

4

ِلِبْقُمـْل

5

ِةَبَساَنُمـِل

6

ِديِع

7

يِدَلايِم

؟َنيِسْمَخـْل

8

يَّ نِإ vًاّدِج ٌفِس اƒ

9

ذ يِف ٌلوُغْشَم

ا

لَو ِمْوَيْل َكِل

ا

يَّنِك

01

ْمُكُروُزَأـَس

11

. ِدَحْ َلأ َمْوَي

21

ُءيِجَتَأ

31

ْوَأ اًحاَبَص

41

ُءيِجَأ ؟ًءاَسَم

51

َدْعَب

61

ْنِإ ِره ُّ ظل

71

ّلـل َءاَش

ا

.ُه

(18) Will you

1

honour us

2

with a (lit. your) visit

4

next

3

Saturday

5

on the

occasion of my 50th

6,7

birthday?

8

I am very sorry,

9

I am busy that day, but

10

I will visit you on

11

Sunday.

12

Will you come in the

13

morning or in

14

the

evening? I will come in the

15,16

afternoon, God

17

willing.

1

ُديـِع

2

يـِف ِةـ َّ يِرْجِهـْل ِةـَنـ َّ سل ِسْأَر

3

ِعـِبا َّ رل ِرْه َّ شـل ( ُلَّوَأ ) ِلِئاَوَأ

4

َسْيَلَو

يِف

5

ِثِلا َّ ثل ِرْه َّ شل ( ِرِخ ƒا ) ِرِخاَوَأ

6

اَمَك

7

. َرِكُذ

(19)

1,2

The Hig ̆rah New Year (lit.

1

the occasion of

2

the head of the Hig ̆rah

year) is at

3

the beginning of the fourth month (i.e. rabı

• 
  t
  ̄

-t

̄

a ̄nı

• )
  4
  and not

at

5

the end of the third month

6

as had been

7

mentioned.

‘ اَهُمْس ِميِرَكْل ِن ƒ ُاْرُقْل َنِم ىَلوْ لأ ُةَرو ُّ سلَأ

1

ُةَئِمـْل ُةَرو ُّ سلَو v ’ ُةَحِتاَفْل

َيِه َةَرْشَع َةَعِبا َّ رلَو

2

ُةَريِخْ َلأ

3

‘ اَهُمْسَو

4

.’ ُسا َّ نل

(20) The first su ̄rah (chapter) of the Holy Quran is called

1

The Opening, and

the 114th is

2

the last su ̄rah and it

3

is called

4

Mankind.

1

َنِم اَنْيَهَتْنإ

2

َنيِرْشِعْل ِنْرَقْل

3

. َنيِرْشِعْلَو َيِداَحْل ِنْرَقْل يِف اَنْأَدَتْبَو

(21)

1

We have finished the twentieth

2

century

3

and we have begun the

twenty-first century.

1

ُةَلا َّ صلَأ

2

ِناَنْثِإ vَناَضَمَر ِرْهَش ُمْوَصَو

3

ْنِم

4

ِمَلاْسِْلإ ( ٌنْكُر ) ِناَكْرَأ

vِةَسْمَخـْل

5

ٍمِلْسُم َ ّلُك ىَلَع ُبِجَيَو

6

ْنَأ ٍرِداَق

7

. اَهَي َ ّدَؤُي

(22)

1

Prayer

2

and fasting in the month of Ramadan

3

are two of the five

4

pillars

(principles) of Islam. Every Muslim

5

must

7

perform them if he

6

can.

Translate into Arabic:

(1) The book on the Crusades to the East in the eleventh century consists

of five parts (volumes), and I read only the first and the second parts

(volumes).

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Ordinal

numbers,

fractions,

expres-

sions of

time,

calendars