Arabic: An Essential Grammar

Read, practise your handwriting and transliterate:

َتا ِجـ ٍر َحـ ِزي ٌن ه ِذ ِه َوا ِسـ ًعا

ا

َحا ًلا

(2) h

̇

azı

• nun ta ̄g ̆irin wa ̄si



an ha ̄d

̄

ihi h

̇

a ̄lan

sad merchant wide this (f.) immediately

يٌّ َحـ مـاََّلـ ِفي َجـ ِديـ ًدا َر َوى

(3) h

̇

ayyun lamma ̄ fı

• rawa ̄ g ̆adı
  
  
  • dan
  
  
  
  

living when in to tell new

ُصـو ًفا ُرو ٌح َج َرى با ًزاَُّه َنا َك َخـ

(4) ru ̄h

̇

un s

̇

u ̄fan g ̆ara ̄ h

̆

abba ̄zan huna ̄ka

soul, spirit wool to run baker there

يـا ًطا َقـا ُنـو ٌنَّدا ٍد َخـََّب َنى َق ِري ًبا َحـ

(5) qa ̄nu ̄nun h

̆

ayya ̄t

̇

an h

̇

adda ̄din qarı

• ban bana ̄

law tailor blacksmith near to build

يٌّ ما ًلا ِمـ ْص ِرََّح َس ِمي ٌن َس َحا ًبا ُز َجا ٍج

(6) Egyptian porter fat glass clouds

ُسـو ٍق َط ِري ٌق كي ٍنََّد َجا ًجا َب َكى ِسـ

(7) road marketplace knife to cry poultry

ِكـ َلا ًبا ُعـ ْص ُفو ٍر ُد ُرو ٌس َك َلا ًما َز ْي ُتو ٌن

(8) lessons bird dogs olives talk

لا ًحا ِخـ ْنـ ِزي ًرا ُضـ ُيو ٌفَّ َواِلـ ٍد َيا ِب ٌس َفـ

(9) guests pig peasant dry father

َس َعى ِري ٌح َجا ِه ٌل يٌّ َغ َزا ًلا ِعْل ِم

(10) wind to strive ignorant scientific gazelle

َغ ِري ًبا َو ِزي ٍر َع ُجو ٍز يٌّ َشـ َرا ٌب َع َر ِب

(11) minister strange old Arab drink

ِب َلا ًدا َل ِطي ٍف َض ِعـي ٌف َحا ًلا َم ْشـ ُهو ٌر

(12) weak kind, gentle countries famous immediately

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Long

vowels,

alif

maqs

̇

u ̄rah,

dagger

alif,

word stress