Arabic Fundamentals

Question 1

Kalimah vs Kalimaath

Answer 1

Translates to “word”

Singular = كَلِمَةُ

Plural = كَلِمَاتٌ

Question 2

Categories of كَلِمَاتٌ

Answer 2

Nouns = اِسْمٌ

Verbs = ٌفِعِل

Particles = حَرْفٌ

Question 3

Name the plural form of اِسْمٌ

Answer 3

اِسْمَاىُ

Question 4

Name the plural form of فِعِلٌ

Answer 4

اَفْعَالٌ

Question 5

Name the plural form of حَرْفٌ

Answer 5

اَحْرَافْ

Question 6

What are the 2 subcategories of اِسْمٌ

Answer 6

Definite noun = مَعْرِفَة

Indefinite noun = نَكِرَةٌ

Question 7

List the 7 types of مَعْرِفَة

Answer 7

1. اَلمُعَرَّفْ بِلاَّمْ
2. اِسْمُ الْاِشَارَة
3. اِسْمَاالْعَلَمْ
4. اِسْمُ الضَميْر
5. اَلمُصَافُ اِلَ مَعْرِفَةٍ
6. مُنَاذٰى
7. اِسْمُ الْمَوْصُوْلُ

Question 8

اَلمُعَرَّفْ بِلاَّمْ

Specific noun

Question 9

اِسْمُ الْاِشَارَة

Indicative noun

Question 10

اِسْمَاالْعَلَمْ

Proper nouns

Answer 10

Names/Places

Question 11

اِسْمُ الضَميْر

Pronouns (14)

Question 12

اَلمُصَافُ اِلَ مَعْرِفَةٍ

A noun taken possession of by one of the other definitive nouns

Question 13

مُنَاذٰى

Answer 13

يا

A way to call upon people as in “oh” “hey”

E.g.

oh Maha

يا مَةَ

Question 14

اِسْمُ الْمَوْصُوْلُ

Relative nouns

Question 15

تَر كيب & جَملَة

Answer 15

Looks at the relationships of words between one another to work out the translation

مُب تَدَا= Subject

خَبَرٌ = News

Question 16

Name 2 types of نَكِرَة nouns

Answer 16

١. اِسْمُ الذَاتْ
for non living things, living things too

٢. اِسْمُ الصَّفَةِ
Describing words