Arabic: An Essential Grammar

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Exercises


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َنوُحا بََّّ سل َلَكَأ


1
اًماَعَط

2
اًدِساَف

3

. اوُضِرَمَف


(1)


akala s-sabba ̄h
̇

u ̄na t
̇

a


a ̄man fa ̄sidan fa-marid
̇

u ̄.

The swimmers ate
2
rotten (spoiled)
1
food
3
and (so)
became ill.

1
َبـَلـَط

2
ِبـِتاـَكـْل َنـِم يِضاَقـْل

3
ِنَع اًرـيِرـْقـَت

4

. ِثِداَحـْل


(2) t
̇

alaba l-qa ̄d
̇

ı


  • mina l-ka ̄tibi taqrı

    • ran





ani l-h
̇

a ̄dit
̄

i.
2
The judge
1
asked the clerk (secretary) for
3
a report about
4
the

accident.

1
ُةَأْرَمـْل ِتَسَلـَج

2
ىـَلـَع ُةَبِع َّ تل

3
ٍّيِسْرـُك

4
َماَمَأ ٍروُسْكَم

5
ِلَخْدَم

6

. ِنا كَُّّ دل


(3) g ̆alasati l-mar


atu t-ta


ibatu


ala ̄ kursiyyin maksu ̄rin


ama ̄ma madh
̆

ali

d-dukka ̄ni.
2
The tired woman
1
sat on
4
a broken
3
chair in front of
5
the entrance of
6
the shop.

1
يِف ِناَت َّ يِبَنْجْ َلأ ِناَتَبِلا َّ طل ِتَحَجَن

2
ِناَحِتْم
3
ِّةَيَ لُكِل ِلوُبُقْل
4
ّ طل

ِ


ّب


ِ


.

(4) nag ̆ah
̇

ati t
̇

-t
̇

a ̄libata ̄ni l-


ag ̆nabiyyata ̄ni fı- mtih
̇

a ̄ni l-qubu ̄li li-kulliyati t
̇

-t
̇

ibbi.

The two foreign students (f.)
1
passed the
3
entrance
2
exam to the faculty

of
4
medicine (medical college).

َلَكَأ


1

(^) ُّ طِقْل
2
ِةَلِوا َّ طل ِنَع َةَنْبُجـْل
3
َفَطَخَو
4
َنِم ِمْح َّ لـل َةَعْطِق
5
ِدا َّ رَبْل
6
َبَرَهَو
7
ىَلِإ اَهِب
8


. ِةَقيِدَحـْل


(5)


akala l-qit
̇

t
̇

u l-g ̆ubnata


ani t
̇

-t
̇

a ̄wilati wa-h
̆

at
̇

afa qit
̇


ata l-lah
̇

mi mina

l-barra ̄di wa-haraba bi-ha ̄


ila ̄ l-h
̇

adı-qati.
1
The cat ate
2
the cheese from the table,
3
then snatched
4
the piece of

meat from
5
the refrigerator
6
and ran away
7
with it to
8
the garden.

1
َلَمَح

2
ِنَلاِماَعْل

3
َسيِكْل

4
َليِق َّ ثل

5
ىَلَع ِهِب اَعَلَطَو

6
ىَلِإ ِجَر َّ دل

7
ِقِبا َّ طل

8

. ِسِماَخـْل


(6) h
̇

amala l-


a ̄mila ̄ni l-kı


  • sa t
    ̄


-t
̄

aqı


  • la wa-t
    ̇


ala


a ̄ bi-hi


ala ̄ d-darag ̆i


ila ̄ t
̇

-t
̇

a ̄biqi

l-h
̆

a ̄misi.
2
The two workers
1
carried the
4
heavy
3
sack
5
and climbed with it up
6
the

stairs to
8
the fifth
7
floor.

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