Grammar Exercises Cross-reference to Arabic Grammar for the Exercises Essentials of Arabic Grammar Excerpts from The Textbook Abdallah Nacereddine. A New Approach to Teaching Arabic Grammar. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2009. © Copyright 2010 Abdallah Nacereddine www.a-nacereddine.com Quit Contents (1) * (١) تﺎﻳﻮﺘﶈا Subject P عﻮﺿﻮ(cid:288)ا ص 1. Separate personal pronouns 1 ﺔﻠﺼﻔﻨ(cid:288)ا ﺮﺋﺎﻤﻀﻟا (١ 2. Affixed personal pronouns 2 ﺔﻠﺼﺘ(cid:288)ا ﺮﺋ ﺎﻤﻀﻟا ( ٢ 3. Perfect 4 ﻲﺿﺎ(cid:288)ا (٣ 4. Imperfect 6 عرﺎﻀ(cid:288)ا ( ٤ 5. Imperative 8 ﺮﻣﻷا ( ٥ 6. Subject 9 ﻞﻋﺎﻔﻟا ( ٦ 7. Direct object 9 ﻪﺑ لﻮﻌﻔ(cid:288)ا ( ٧ 8. Indirect object 9 روﺮﻟﻤﺠا ( ٨ 9. Annexation 13 ﺔﻓﺎﺿﻹا ( ٩ 10. demonstrative pronouns 15 ةرﺎﺷﻹا ﻢﺳإ ( ١٠ 11. Relative pronouns 18 لﻮﺻﻮ(cid:288)ا ﻢﺳإ ( ١١ 12. Subjonctive 21 عرﺎﻀ(cid:288)ا ﺐﺼﻧ ( ١٢ 13. Jussive 21 عرﺎﻀ(cid:288)ا مﺰﺟ ( ١٣ 14. ‘Inna’ and its sisters 28 ﺎﻬﺗاﻮﺧأو نإ ( ١٤ 15. ‘Kana’ and its sisters 31 ﺎﻬﺗاﻮﺧأو نﺎﻛ ( ١٥ 16. Cardinal numbers 34 ﺔﻴﻠﺻﻷا داﺪﻋﻷا (١٦ 17. Ordinal numbers 43 ﺔﻴﺒﻴﺗﺮﺘﻟا داﺪﻋﻷا (١٧ 18. Agreement of the adjective 46 ﺖﻌﻨﻟا ﺔﻘﺑﺎﻄﻣ (١٨ i Contents (2) * (٢) تﺎﻳﻮﺘﶈا 19. Elative 48 ﻞﻴﻀﻔﺘﻟا ﻢﺳإ (١٩ 20. Agreement of the verb 51 ﻞﻌﻔﻟا ﺔﻘﺑﺎﻄﻣ (٢٠ 21. The five nouns 52 ﺔﺴﻤﳋا ءﺎﻤﺳﻷا (٢١ 22. Adverb of time 53 نﺎﻣﺰﻟا فﺮﻇ (٢٢ 23. Adverb of place 53 نﺎﻜ(cid:288)ا فﺮﻇ (٢٣ 24. Adverb of state 54 لﺎﳊا (٢٤ 25. Specificative 56 ﺰﻴﻴﻤﺘﻟا (٢٥ 26. Active participle 58 ﻞﻋﺎﻔﻟا ﻢﺳإ (٢٦ 27. Passive participle 59 لﻮﻌﻔ(cid:288)ا ﻢﺳإ (٢٧ 28. Noun of instrument 60 ﺔﻟﻵا ﻢﺳإ (٢٨ 29. Diptote 61 فﺮﺼﻟا ﻦﻣ عﻮﻨﻤ(cid:288)ا (٢٩ 30. Complement of cause 65 ﻪﻠﺟﻷ لﻮﻌﻔ(cid:288)ا (٣٠ 31. Absoltue object 66 ﻖﻠﻄ(cid:288)ا لﻮﻌﻔ(cid:288)ا (٣١ 32. Concomitate object 67 ﻪﻌﻣ لﻮﻌﻔ(cid:288)ا (٣٢ 33. Vocative 68 ىدﺎﻨ(cid:288)ا (٣٣ 34. Exception 70 ﻻﺈﺑ ﻰﻨﺜﺘﺴ(cid:288)ا (٣٤ 35. ‘la’ that denies the whole genus 71 ﺲﻨﺠﻠﻟ ﺔﻴﻓﺎﻨﻟا ﻻ (٣٥ 36: Excalamative 72 ﺐﺠﻌﺘﻟا (٣٦ 37. Abbreviated 73 رﻮﺼﻘ(cid:288)ا (٣٧ ii Contents (3) * (٣) تﺎﻳﻮﺘﶈا 38. Defective 73 صﻮﻘﻨ(cid:288)ا (٣٨ 39. Prolonged 73 دوﺪﻤ(cid:288)ا (٣٩ 40. Spacification 76 صﺎﺼﺘﺧﻻا (٤٠ 41. Noun of place 77 نﺎﻜ(cid:288)ا ﻢﺳإ (٤١ 42. Noun of time 77 نﺎﻣﺰﻟا ﻢﺳإ (٤٢ 43. Nomina vicis 79 ةﺮ(cid:288)ا ﻢﺳإ (٤٣ 44. Noun of manner 80 ﺔﺌﻴﻬﻟا ﻢﺳإ (٤٤ 45. Connected adjective 81 ﻲﺒﺒﺴﻟا ﺖﻌﻨﻟا (٤٥ 46. Use of ‘Masdar’ (verbal noun) 83 رﺪﺼ(cid:288)ا ﻢﻜﺣ (٤٦ 47. Use of ‘kullu’ 86 ﻞﻛ ﻢﻜﺣ (٤٧ 48. Use of ‘kila’ and ‘kilta’ 88 ﺎﺘﻠﻛو ﻼﻛ ﻢﻜﺣ (٤٨ 49. Use of ‘ba’dhun’ 89 ﺾﻌﺑ ﻢﻜﺣ (٤٩ 50. Use of ‘ahadu’ and ‘ihda’ 91 ىﺪﺣإو ﺪﺣأ ﻢﻜﺣ (٥٠ 51. Use of ‘nafsu’ 93 ﺲﻔﻧ ﻢﻜﺣ (٥١ 52. Use of ‘kathirun’ and ‘qalilun’ 94 ﻞﻴﻠﻗو ﺮﻴﺜﻛ ﻢﻜﺣ (٥٢ 53. Writing of hamza 95 ةﺰﻤﻬﻟا ﺔﺑﺎﺘﻛ (٥٣ 54. Time 98 ﺖﻗﻮﻟا (٥٤ 55. IIdd>| and Miscellanesous 99 ﺔﻔﻠﺘﺨﻣ ﻊﻴﺿاﻮﻣو اذإ (٥٥ iii 1. NOMINATIVE SEPARATE PERSONAL PRONOUNS ُﺔَﻠِﺼَﻔْﻨُﻤْﻟا ِﻊْﻓﱠﺮﻟا ُﺮِﺋﺎَﻤَﺿ (١ The following table gives the nominative separate personal pronouns. 3rd person 2nd person 1st person he you (m.s.) َﺖْﻧَأ I ﺎَﻧَأ she you (f.s.) ِﺖْﻧَأ we ُﻦْﺤَﻧ they (d.) you (d.) ﺎَﻤُﺘْﻧَأ they (m.p.) you (m.p.) ْﻢُﺘْﻧَأ they (f.p.) you (f.p.) ﱠﻦُﺘْﻧَأ Back to the Exercise Contents 1 2. AFFIXED PERSONAL PRONOUNS ُﺔَﻠِﺼﱠﺘُﻤْﻟا ُﺮِﺋﺎَﻤﱠﻀﻟَا (٢ The following table gives the accusative, dative and genitive affixed personal pronouns. 3rd person 2nd person 1st person ُه َك ﻲِﻧ (cid:274)ي m.s. m.s. s. (1) f.s. ﺎَﻫ f.s. ِك p. ﺎَﻧ ﺎَﻤُﻫ ﺎَﻤُﻛ d. d. ْﻢُﻫ ْﻢُﻛ m.p. m.p. ﱠﻦُﻫ ﱠﻦُﻛ f.p. f.p. (1) ي affixed to a noun; ﻲِِﻧ affixed to a verb (See page 32). Back to the Exercise Contents 2 2. THE USE OF THE AFFIXED PERSONAL PRONOUNS ِﺔَﻠِﺼﱠﺘُﻤْﻟا ِﺮِﺋﺎَﻤﱠﻀﻟا ُلﺎَﻤْﻌِﺘْﺳِا (٢ The affixed personal pronouns can be used as: (cid:275)روُﺮْﺠَﻣ ِﻪِﺑ (cid:275)لﻮُﻌْﻔَﻣ ﻪْﻴَﻟِإ (cid:275)فﺎﻀُﻣ ُﺮﻴﻤﱠﻀﻟَا Personal pronoun Indirect Direct Possessive Pronoun object object 3 2 1 1P. s. ﻲـِﻌـَﻣ ُﻢﱠـﻠَﻜَﺘـَﻳ ﻲـِﻨـُـﻤـَﻬـْﻔــَﻳ ﻲــِﻤـِّﻠـَﻌـُﻣ ﻲِﻧ ﻲـ p. ﺎَـﻨَـﻌـَﻣ ُﻢﱠـﻠَﻜَﺘـَﻳ ﺎـَﻨـُـﻤـَﻬـْﻔــَﻳ ﺎـَﻨـُﻤـِّﻠـَﻌـُﻣ ﺎَﻨـ 2P. m.s. َﻚـَﻌـَﻣ ُﻢﱠـﻠَﻜَﺘـَﻳ َﻚُـﻤـَﻬـْﻔــَﻳ َﻚــُﻤـِّﻠـَﻌـُﻣ َﻚـ f.s. ِﻚـﻌـَﻣ ُﻢﱠﻠَﻜَﺘـَﻳ ِﻚُـﻤـَﻬـْﻔــَﻳ ِﻚــُﻤـِّﻠـَﻌـُﻣ ِﻚـ d. ﺎَﻤـُﻜَﻌَﻣ ُﻢﱠـﻠَﻜَﺘـَﻳ ﺎـَﻤـُﻜُـﻤـَﻬـْﻔــَﻳ ﺎَﻤُﻜــُﻤـِّﻠـَﻌـُﻣ ﺎَﻤُﻜـ m.p. ْﻢـُﻜَﻌَﻣ ُﻢﱠـﻠَﻜَﺘـَﻳ ْﻢـُﻜُـﻤـَﻬـْﻔــَﻳ ْﻢـُﻜــُﻤـِّﻠـَﻌـُﻣ ْﻢُﻜـ f.p. ﱠﻦُﻜـَﻌَﻣ ُﻢﱠـﻠَﻜَﺘـَﻳ ﱠﻦـُﻜُـﻤـَﻬـْﻔــَﻳ ﱠﻦـُﻜــُﻤـِّﻠـَﻌـُﻣ ﱠﻦُﻜـ 3P. m.s. ُﻪـَﻌَﻣ ُﻢﱠـﻠَﻜَﺘـَﻳ ُﻪـُـﻤـَﻬـْﻔــَﻳ ُﻪــُﻤـِّﻠـَﻌـُﻣ ُﻪـ f.s. ﺎَﻬـَﻌَﻣ ُﻢﱠـﻠَﻜَﺘـَﻳ ﺎـَﻬـُـﻤـَﻬـْﻔــَﻳ ﺎـَﻬــُﻤـِّﻠـَﻌـُﻣ ﺎَﻬـ d. ﺎَﻤُﻬـَﻌَﻣ ُﻢﱠـﻠَﻜَﺘـَﻳ ﺎـَﻤـُﻬـُـﻤـَﻬـْﻔــَﻳ ﺎـَﻤـُﻬــُﻤـِّﻠـَﻌـُﻣ ﺎَﻤُﻬـ m.p. ْﻢُﻬـَﻌَﻣ ُﻢﱠـﻠَﻜَﺘـَﻳ ْﻢـُﻬـُـﻤـَﻬـْﻔــَﻳ ْﻢـُﻬــُﻤـِّﻠـَﻌـُﻣ ْﻢُﻬـ f.p. ﱠﻦُﻬَـﻌَﻣ ُﻢﱠـﻠَﻜَﺘـَﻳ ﱠﻦـُﻬـُـﻤـَﻬـْﻔــَﻳ ﱠﻦـُﻬــُﻤـِّﻠـَﻌـُﻣ ﱠﻦُﻫ (1) My teacher - (2) He understands me - (3) He speaks with me. Back to the Exercise Contents 3 3. THE PERFECT ﻲِﺿﺎَﻤْﻟا ُﻞْﻌِﻔْﻟَا (٣ The Perfect stem is obtained by cutting the last vowel of the third singular masculine perfect, and the perfect is conjugated by adding to this stem the following endings: 3rd person 2nd person 1st person ـَــ َﺖْــ ُﺖْــ m.s. m.s. s. ْﺖَــ ِﺖْــ ﺎَﻨـْــ f.s. f.s. p. ﺎـَــ ﺎَﻤُﺘْــ m.d d. ﺎَﺘـَـ ْﻢُﺘْــ f.d m.p. اﻮـُــ ﱠﻦُﺘْــ m.p. f.p. َﻦْــ f.p. Back to the Exercise Contents 4 3. Conjugation of the verb to write in the perfect ﻲِﺿﺎَﻤْﻟا ﻲِﻓ َﺐَﺘَﻛ ِﻞْﻌِﻓ ﻒﻳِﺮْﺼَﺗ (٣ (1) 1P. s. ُﺖـْـ ُﺖـــْﺒــَﺘــَﻛ ﺎـــَﻧ ََأ p. ﺎﻨﻨَ ــْـ ﺎَــﻨــْﺒــَﺘــَﻛ ُﻦــْـﺤــَﻧ 2P. m.s. َﺖـْـ َﺖـــْﺒــَﺘـــَﻛ َﺖــْـﻧ َأ f.s. ِﺖـْـ ِﺖــْـﺒــَﺘــَـﻛ ِﺖــْـﻧ َأ d. ﺎَﻤُﺘـْـ ﺎَﻤــُﺘــْﺒــَﺘــَﻛ ﺎَـﻤــُﺘـــْﻧ َأ m.p. ْﻢُﺘـْـ ْﻢـُـﺘــْﺒــَﺘــَﻛ ْﻢـــُﺘـــْﻧ َأ f.p. ﻦﻦﱠ ــُﺘـْـ ﱠﻦــُﺘــْﺒــَﺘـَـﻛ ﱠﻦـــُﺘـــْﻧ َأ 3P. m.s. ــــــــ َﺐــَـﺘـــَﻛ َﻮـــُـﻫ f.s. ْﺖــَ ــ ْﺖــَـﺒـَـﺘـَـﻛ َﻲــــِﻫ m.d. ﺎَــــ ﺎـَـﺒـَﺘــَﻛ ﺎــَﻤــــُﻫ f.d. ﺎﺘﺘَ ــَـ ﺎــَﺘــَﺒــَﺘــَﻛ ﺎـــَﻤــُﻫ m.p. ااﻮﻮُـ ا ﻮــُـﺒــَﺘــَﻛ ْﻢــــُﻫ f.p. ﻦﻦَ ــْـ َﻦـــْﺒـَـﺘـَـﻛ ﱠﻦـــُـﻫ (1) The vowel of the last radical and the suffix. Remark: The perfect has only a suffix; it does not have a prefix. Back to the Exercise Contents 5
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