Arabic: An Essential Grammar

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س َما ُءَّ َس ْو َف ُأ َسا ِف ُر َو ِإ ْن َو َق َع ِت ل


sawfa


usa ̄firu wa-


in waqa


at-i s-sama ̄


u.

I will travel, even if heaven were to fall.

Exercises

Practise your reading:

ْمَل ْنِإ


1
يِلِزْنَم يِف يِنْرُزَت

2
ْنِإَو َكْيَلَع ْبَضْغَأ

3
َمْوَيْل يِنَتْرُز

4
َكْرُزَأ

5

. اًدَغ


(1) If you don’t
1
visit me at (my) home
2
I will be angry with you, but if you
3
visit me today
4
I will visit you
5
tomorrow.

1
َلاْوَل

2
ِةَموُكُحـْل ُةَدَعاَسُم

3
ِرَمْحْ َلأ ِبيِل َّ صلَو

4
ِرَمْحْ َلأ ِلَلاِهْلَو

5
َنيِباَصُمْلِل

6
ِلاَزْل َ ّزلˆِب

7
ِسا َّ نل َنِم ٌريِثَك َتاَمـَل

8
اًعوُج

9

. اًشَطَعَو


(2)
1
Had there not been
2
the help (support) of the government, Red
3
Cross

and Red
4
Crescent
5
for the victims
6
of the earthquake, many people

would
7
have died of
8
hunger
9
and thirst.

ْنِإ


1
ِجُرْخَت

2
َنِم ُةَمِلـَكْل

3
ِلْقَعْل

4
َلْقَعْل ِلُخْدَت

5
َنِم ْجُرْخَت ْنِإَو َبْلَقْلَو

6
يِف ْلُخْدَت ِناَس َّ لـل

7
ٍنُذُأ ْنِم ُجُرْخَتَو ٍنُذُأ

8

. ىَرْخُأ


(3) If a
2
word
1
comes from
3
the mind,
4
it enters the mind
5
and heart. If it

comes from
6
the tongue, it goes in
7
one ear and out
8
the other.

َناَك ْوَل


1
ُدْرَفْل

2
ْنَأ اًرِداَق

3
َمُكْحَي

4
ِهِسْفَنِب ُهَسْفَن

5
ِنوُدِب

6
vٍنوُناَق

7
اَمـَل

8
ىَلِإ َجاَتْح

9

. ٍةَموُكُح


(4) If an
1
individual were
2
able
3
to govern
4
himself by himself
5
without the
6
law,
7
there would be no
8
need for
9
government.

ْنِم َناَك ْوَل


1
ٍنُواَعَت

2
ٍمُهاَفَتَو

3
َنْيَب ِنْيَلَداَبَتُم

4
) ٌةَلْوَد (ِلَو ُّ دل

5
ِبوُع ُّ شلَو

) ٌبْعَش (


6
ْت َّ لـَقـَل

7
) ٌبَبَس ( ُباَبْسَأ

8
) ٌبْرَح ( ِبوُرُحـْل

9

. ِباَهْرِْلإَو


(5) If there were
3
mutual
1
cooperation and
2
understanding between
4
countries
5
and people,
6
then there would
6
be less
7
cause for
8
war
9
and

terrorism.

ْنَم


1
يِف ْلَمْعي

2
ِهِرَغِص

3
ِهِباَبَشَو

4
َفْوَسَف

5

. ِهِرَبِك يِف ُحاَتْرَي


(6) He who
1
works in
2
his childhood
3
and youth
4
will
5
relax in old age.

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