arabic lesson 1

WORD

ARABIC

LESSON 1

Kind of Words

Ism

الكلمة

A word is a unit of spoken or written language.

Examples:

بسم اهلل الرحمن الرحيم

كتاب علم ة الفض مسلمون

Book He Knew

The Silver

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انواع الكلمة

الحرف الفعلاالسم

شمسقمر

نهار ليلة

حبل فيل

وجه

جيد

عني

د محمفتح

يضرب

اسمع

ال تنصر

منعن

إلى

Name(of example: place, person, animal, thing)Action in relation to past, present, future

tense or a command or request.Doesn’t convey complete

meaning on its own.

Gives meaning to a sentence when used with verb or a

noun.

في

Moon

Night

Elephant

Kinds of words

NounVerbParticle

Sun

Examples:He opened

He hitsDon’t help

Listen

Face

Neck

Spring/Eye Rope

Day

NOUNاالسم

INDEFINITE NOUNS

DEFINITE NOUNS

INDEFINITE NOUNS-

Names given in general to Living/Non Living things(common nouns).

أسماء النكرة

أسماء النكرة

End with

قلم رجل

إمرأة

سمك

مآء

ملك

سماء

أسماء املعرفة

جبل

تنوين

KingdomFish

Water SkyWomanMountain

Pen ManExamples:

DEFINITE NOUNS-Proper Names given in general to a certain person, place, object

أسماء املعرفة

End with 1st type

2nd type “DO NOT ” end with

حامدنوح

إبراهيم

Usually non-Arabic names and names which have more than 3 letters do not bear تنوين

تنوين

تنوين

Egs.:

إبراهيم :.Egsاحمد

*A non- Arabic name

Nouns used as Adjectives denoting colours do not bear تنوين

أصفرأسودأخضرYellow Black Green

الرجل

Proper Names given in general to certain person, place, object

االسم

املعرفةالنكرةIndefiniteDefinite

Noun

شمسقمر

نهار ليلة

حبل فيل

رجل

امرأة

سمك

سماء

أرض

جبل

+الـ رجل

الفيل فيل+الـ

=

=

نوحاحمد ة مك

Adding to an indefinite Noun makes it Definite

Names given in general to a living/non-living thing(Common Nouns)

Moon

Night

Elephant

Woman

Mountain

Sky

Rope

Day

Man Sun

Earth

Fish

الـ

Proper Nouns like are definite by nature. So, cannot be added to them.الـ

حامد

A manThe man

An elephantThe elephant

بيت

قلم

مسجد

بنت

نبأ

فاكهة

كتابيوم

+=

+=

+=

البنت=+

النبأالفاكهة

اليوم

الـ

+=

=+الـ

البيت=+

القلم

املسجد

الكتاب

الـ

الـ

الـ

Examples for changing Indefinite nouns to Definite nouns:

الـ

Adding الـ to an indefinite Noun makes it Definite

الـ

A fruitThe fruit

The day A dayThe book A book

A girlThe girl

The pen A pen

A houseThe house

The news

بيت البيت=+الـ

فاكهة الفاكهة=+الـ

القلم قلم =+الـ

The second noun will have kasrah/Tanween Kasrah

When two nouns come together in the possessive form, the is dropped from the first noun

while the corresponding harakah will remain.

Conditions in which tanween on the last letter of the Noun is dropped:

فاكهة الفاكهة+الـ =

Adding to an indefinite Noun makes it Definite

إبراهيم نوحProper nouns are definite by nature. Therefore, cannot be added to them.الـ

*A non- Arabic name

تنوين

بيتـبيت ك

القبورأصحاب

ك

Companions/Inhabitants

House

The graves

YourYour house

القبورأصحاب Inhabitants of the graves

In case of pronouns:

In the possessive phrase, the first noun is owned by or in

possession of the second noun

The Fruit

الـA Fruit

Examples: