Arabic: An Essential Grammar

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a dog with her. The dog

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thought

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he was going to hit her,

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so he jumped

on the man

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and bit

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his leg.

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يِف يِتَقيِدَص ُتْدَعاَس

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(^) َ ّلَح
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( ٌةَلَأْسَم ) ِلِئاَسَمـْل
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ىـَّ تَح ِة َّ يِضاَي َ ّرل
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يِف َحَجْنَت
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ِناَحِتْم
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ِلوُخُد
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ِةَي َّلُك
9

. ِةَسَدْنَهْل

01

ُتْلـَلـَظَو

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اَهُدِعاَسُأ

ىـ َّتَح

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ْتَج َّ رَخَت

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ْتَراَصَو

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. ًةَسِدْنَهُم / اًسِدْنَهُم

(13)
1
I helped my friend (f.) in
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solving
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the mathematical
3
problems so that

she

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would pass (succeed in)

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the entrance

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exam of

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the engineering

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faculty.

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And I kept on

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helping her until

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she graduated

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and became

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an engineer.

Translate into Arabic:

(1) I helped my friend (f.) until she graduated and became an engineer.

(2) Yesterday I passed by the judge. He asked me where the entrance of the

jail was and I showed it to him.

(3) The peasant shook the apple tree and so broke one of its branches.

(4) Do you doubt that smoking is harmful to health?

(5) Due to the earthquake yesterday bridges and the walls of houses

cracked.

(6) The dog jumped on the pregnant woman and bit her hand.

(7) The lawyer and the judge informed the prisoner about the decision

regarding his release (that he be released).

(8) I do not have any doubt that the judge’s decision against the accused

was too severe.

(9) I have loved her since childhood and my love for her is still as it used to

be.

(10) A prisoner was able to escape from the jail. The policeman chased him

and caught him.

(11) Yesterday I passed by the translator (f.) of the two languages Arabic and

German, and she had a policeman with her.

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Doubled

verbs,

quadrilit-

eral verbs