Arabic: An Essential Grammar

1

َمَدَخ

2

ُطِباَض

3

ِرْصَق يِف ِةَطْر ُّ شل

4

. ِديِدَجـْل ِكِلَمـْل

(17) h
̆

adama d

̇

a ̄bit

̇

u sˇ-sˇurt

̇

ati fı

• qas
  ̇

ri l-maliki l-g ̆adı

• di.

The

3,2

police officer

1

served in the new palace of

4

the king. OR:

The police officer served in the palace of the new king.

يِف

1

ِةَلْفَح

2

ِسْرُعْل

3

وُبَأ َسَلَج

4

ىَلَع ِسوُرَعْل

5

ّيِسْرُك

ٍ

6

يِبَأ ْنِم ِبْرُقْلˆِب

7

. ِسيِرَعْل

(18) fı

• h
  ̇

aflati l-



ursi g ̆alasa

abu ̄ l-



aru ̄si



ala ̄ kursiyyin bi-l-qurbi min

abı

• 
  

l-



arı

• si.

At

2

the wedding

1

party

4

the bride’s father

3

sat on

5

a chair

6

near the

7

bridegroom’s father.

Translate into Arabic:

(1) The doorman repaired the gate of the new king’s palace.

(2) The physician ate in the palace of the minister.

(3) The worker washed the stairs of the museum.

(4) A truck hit the school’s western gate (entrance).

(5) The colour of the building of the new hotel is ugly.

(6) The floor (f.) of the old zoo is dirty (f.).

(7) The watchman (guard) washed the small dog’s wound.

(8) The director’s heavy suitcase is open.

(9) The physician served in the United Nations.

(10) The new building of the parliament is modern and beautiful.

(11) At the party the child sat on a chair near the nurse.

(12) The university’s eastern door is closed.

(13) The neighbour sat on the stairs of the entrance.

(14) The king’s representative arrived at the International Airport.

(15) The police officer served in the old building of the municipality.

(16) At the wedding the bridegroom’s father became angry with the bride’s

father.

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Id

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a ̄fah

construc-

tion, the

five nouns