Arabic: An Essential Grammar

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ُةـَعاـ َّ سلاَ


1
َنْلآ

2
ُةـَثـِلا َّ ثـل

3
َةَرـْشَع َسْمَخَو

4
ْنـِم ًةـَقـيـِقَد

5
ِدـْعَب

6

. ِرْه ُّ ظل


(9) The time (hour)
1
now is
3
15
4
minutes past
2
three in the
5,6
afternoon

(p.m.).

ُةَعا َّ سلاَ


1
ُةَرِشاَعل

2
ُةَقيِق َّ دلَو

3
ْنِم ُةَسِماَخـْل

4
ِلْبَق

5

. ِرْه ُّ ظل


(10) It is
3
five (
2
minutes) past
1
ten a.m. (lit.
4
before
5
noon).


ُةَعا َّ سلاَ


1
ُةَعِبا َّ سل

2
ُعْب ُّ رلَو

3

. اًحاَبَص


(11) It is
2
quarter past
1
seven in
3
the morning.


ُةَعا َّ سلاَ


1
ُةَنِما َّ ثل

2
ُةَقيِق َّ دلَو

3
ُةَرِشاَعْل

4

. اًحاَبَص


(12) It is
3
ten (
2
minutes) past
1
eight
4
in the morning.


ُةَعا َّ سلاَ


1
َةَرْشَع َةَيِداَحـْل

2

ْنِم اًعْبُر (^) َّ لاِإ
3
ِلْبَق
4


. ِرْه ُّ ظل


(13) It is quarter to
1
eleven a.m. (lit. a quarter
2
less than eleven
3
before
4
noon).


. ًءاَسَم اًثُلـُث َّ لاِإ َةَرْشَع َةَيِنا َّ ثل ُةَعا َّ سلَا


(14) It is twenty to (lit. a third less than) twelve in the evening.


ُةَعا َّ سلاَ


1
َةَرْشَع َةَيِنا َّ ثل

2

. اًرْهُظ


(15) It is
1
twelve (o’clock)
2
noon.


1
ِتَر َّرَق

2
ُةَموُكُحـْل

3
َعْفَر

4
ىَلَع ِةَبـيِر َّ ضل

5
( ٌةَعاَضِب ).s ِعِئاَضَبْل

6
ِةَدَرْوَتْسُمـْل

7
vِةَئِمـْلˆِب ٍةَعَبْرَأ ِةَبْسِنِب

8
ْنِم ًءاَدِتْبِإ

9
ِلَّوَأ

01
يِنا َّ ثل ِنوُناَك

ُرِياَنَي /


11

. َنيـِعـْسـِتَو ٍةَعْسِتَو ٍةـَئـِم ِعـْسـِتَو ٍفـْلَأ ِماـَعـِل


(16)
2
The government
1
decided
3
to raise
4
the taxes on
6
imported
5
goods
7
by four per cent,
8
starting from the
9
first of
10
January (
11
for the year)


1999.

1
َعَقَو

2
َنِم ٌلِماَع

3
يِف ِكا بَُّّ شل

4
َِقِباّ طل

5
ِثِلا َّ ثل

6
َرَسَكَو

7
ِهْيَلْجِر

8

. ِنْيَتَنْثِْلا


(17)
2
A worker
1
fell from
3
the window of (on)
5
the third
4
floor
6
and broke
8
both
7
his legs.


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