Arabic: An Essential Grammar

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ٌبِلاَط َبَسَر

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يِف ُنَلاْسَك

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ِناَحِتْم

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) ٌةَدِعاَق .s ( ِدِعاَوَق

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.ِةَّ يِبَرَعْل ِةَغ ُّلل

(13) rasaba t
̇

a ̄libun kasla ̄nu fı

• -mtih
  ̇

a ̄ni qawa ̄



idi l-lug ̇ati l-



arabiyyati.

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A lazy student

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failed (in) the Arabic

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grammar

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exam (lit.

4

the grammar

of the Arabic

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language).

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َعَم ُتْه َّ زَنَت

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) ٌرِعاَش .s ( َءاَرَعُش

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(^) ٌّ) يِبَنْجَأ .s ( َبِناَجَأ
4
يِف َنيِروُهْشَم
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ٍةَليِمَج ) ٌةَقيِدَح .s ( َقِئاَدَح
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. َقْشَمِد ْنِم ِبْرُقْلˆِب

(14) tanazzahtu ma



a sˇu



ara ̄

a

ag ̆a ̄niba masˇhu ̄rı

• na fı
  
  
  • h
    ̇
  
  
  
  

ada ̄

iqa g ̆amı

• latin

bi-l-qurbi min dimasˇqa.

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I took a walk with (some)

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famous

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foreign

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poets in beautiful

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gardens

(parks)

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near Damascus.

Translate into Arabic:

(1) I sat for a long time in a coffee shop by the sea with a famous poet.

(2) I took a walk in the suburb(s) of Cairo and saw many statues and a

huge temple.

(3) I listened for a long time to an angry inspector who spoke about (the)

confidential matters concerning (the) foreigners.

(4) I lived for a year in Cairo, half a year in Bethlehem, one month in

Amman and one and a half weeks in Beirut near the sea.

(5) I went yesterday to the mosque and I listened to an excellent reciter

(of the Quran) in (the) Honoured (Holy) city of Mecca.

(6) I sat yesterday with a lame man in a garden and he spoke about his

problem and the problems of the disabled.

(7) The hungry and thirsty patient asked the nurse for medicine, food and

drink.

(8) The nurse gave the ill child the medicine on a green plate and the food

on a blue plate.

(9) The employee responsible wrote a report condemning (lit. against) the

Arabic grammar exam.

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