Grammar Flashcards

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This and That

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THIS: هدا/هده
Note that THIS can be abbreviated to ها and joined as prefix to nouns
THAT: هداك/هديك

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This black pen is cheap

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هدا القلم الأسود رخيص

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Listing. Use of و?

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Always use و, regardless of number of items in your list

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Plural: masculine or feminine?

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Feminine, always

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Lunar or solar letters?

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There is…
Note about use?

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في
NB: also means ‘in’. But we use ب when describing ‘there is…in…’

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There is no…

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ما في…

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Yes, there is…
No, there is not…

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بعم في…
لا ما في…

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In…
In the…

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ب
بال…

OR في
This is used normally. ب is used to avoid repetition

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Note about pronunciation of ‘in the…’

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Don’t pronounce ال.
However, still pronounce the letters that are made based on whether the word you’re describing is lunar/solar.
For example:
بالتّلاجة
Pronounced ‘b-talajeh’
بالجرار
Pronounced ‘b-Ljarrar’

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I have…

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أنا عندي…

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I know…
I only know…

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بعرف
بس بعرف
Barif

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I don’t know

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ما بَعرف…

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I want…
I don’t want…

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أنا بِدّي
أنا ما بِدّي

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I like
I don’t like

NB about use with nouns

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أنا بَحِب
أنا ما بَحِبّ
bah-heb

Nouns must be definitive with ال

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Because

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لأني
لأنك
لأنكم
لأنه

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Pronouns in sentences

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No need to DOUBLE pronoun sentences. For example, ‘What do I have today’
شو عندي اليوم
No need to add أبا

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You have…

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أنت عندَك
انتِ عندِك

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You have… [plural]

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انتو عندكم/عندكن…
into endkm/endkn

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We have…

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احنا عنّا
eh-na ah-na

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Note about use of pronouns

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Not used in Arabic in most sentences. Just a formality. Omit when using full sentences

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What do you have…?

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شو في عندكم…

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Use of كل

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Always follows ال in noun

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He has

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هو عنده
Who end-ou

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She has
هي عندها He endhaa
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They have
هم عندهم Hom endhom
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My pen
أنا قلمي
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Your pen
انتَِ قلمَِك
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Your (pl) pen
انتو قلمكم
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His pen
هو قلمه
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Her pen
هي قلمها
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Their pen
هم قلمهم
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Our pen
إحنا قلمنا
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My, your, their… Applied to female nouns
Tamah buttah if noun is pronounced ت
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When adding adjective to nouns described as mine, yours, theirs…
They are described with ال Because they are possessive But never add ال to the noun, as we have already possessed it with a suffix
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Describing other people’s objects?
Use the same prefixes you would for people… هو هي
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Three ways to use ‘definite’ to construct sentences
1. Use ال For example, The boy’s name is Oliver ‘Name’ is the SUBJECT, so goes first. Then add ال to the thing you are describe - ‘boy’. إسم الولد أوليفر 2. Use pronouns For example, Oliver’s pen is nice Remember, ‘pen’ is the subject, so this goes first قلم أليفر حلو In cases where the subject is FEMININE, ة is pronounced ت 3. Suffixes For example, My Uncle’s school is big مدرسة عمي كبيرة Reminder that Uncle has the suffix since this is what we’re referencing. School has ة pronounced ت YOU CAN ONLY USE ONE FORM OF THE DEFINITE IN EACH SENTENCE.
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When describing ‘your’ M/F for words ending in a vowel?
For example, ‘Your father’ Short vowels are added to the suffix أبوكَ أبوكِ Ahbook-AH Ahbook-II
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He works She works
بيشتِغِل بتِشتِغِل Beesh-tarill Btee-shtarill
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Using ‘definite’ in sentences with more than one descriptor - ال, pronoun, suffixes?
ال For example, the man’s dog is small كلب الرجال صغير The subject is ‘dog’ so goes first. ال is applied to ‘man’ PRONOUN For example, Sami’s son’s dog is small كلب ابن سامي صغير Sami is last SUFFIXES For example, my son’s dog is small كلب ابني صغير
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Including descriptor in the definite? For example: - My small brother - My small and smart brother - Sami’s small brother
Denoted with ال. أخوي الصغير أخوي الصغير و الدكي أخو سامي الصغير
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Double descriptor + adjective in the definite? For example, Her near room’s colour is pink.
لون غرفتها القريبة زهري Adjective goes last in your definite sequence. ‘Near’ is feminine because you’re describing a room ‘Pink’ is masculine because you’re describe a colour
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Roots, Professions, Nouns
Will follow any of the following rules: 1. Root فعل Profession فاعل Noun (also used to describe hobbies): no rule For example: - Write: كتب, Noun: - Do: عِمِل, Noun: عَمَل - Play: لِعِن, Noun: اِعِن 2. Root فعل Profession فعّال Noun: no rule For example: - Draw: رَسَم, Noun: رَسِم - Cook: طَنَخ, Noun: طَبِخ - Fly: طار, Noun: طيَران 3. Root فعل Profession مُفعّل Noun: no rule For example: - Sing: غنّى, Noun: غِنا - Act: مَثّل, Noun: تمثيل - Teach: علّم, Noun: تعليم - Engineering: هندَس, Noun: هندسة - Illness: مِرِض, Noun: تمريض - Employ: وظّف, Noun: توظيف
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Plurals NOTE use in people vs objects
Plural M +ين Plural F +ات Feminine have no exceptions Masculine plurals DO. These are known as broken plurals Plural people - where there are mixed genders - uses the M plural NOTE THAT ات is used as suffix for plural feminine PEOPLE adjectives. For THINGS, natives use ة for adjectives of object nouns.
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Broken plurals
Applying plural nouns: remove any vowel and the ta marboota The form فعيل becomes فعال The form فاعل becomes فعل+اء (this applies also to words ending in ير) The form فعل becomes أفعال
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Shortcut way of describing, for example, ‘clever people’
Don’t use the word ‘people’. Just use the plural adjective. For example: أذكيا
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Type possessive
Similar construct to saying ‘proper noun’s’ noun Some examples: - Arabic lesson: درس عربي - Toolbox: صندوق كهربا - Hair brush: فرشاية شعر The ة is pronounced in each case!
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Type possessive in definite form
The ال is added to the TYPE word only: Some examples — - The Arabic lesson: درس العربي - My bed room: غرفتي النوم
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Have POSSESSION
I have أنا معي You have انت معك You P have انتو معكم He has هو معه She has هي معها They have هم معهم We have إحنا معنا
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All of (noun) All of it Half of (noun)/it
كل ال___ [adjective] كله/كلها [adjective] Same with HALF
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Past tense: (1) Had, didn’t have (2) Was, was not (existence) (3) Was (with adjectives)
(1) Had: كان - ما كان Comes BEFORE verbs. It does not change gender e.g. كان عندي سيارة (2) Was: كان; There was/wasn’t: كان في Comes BEFORE verbs. Doesn’t change with gender e.g. كان في أكل على الطاولة e.g. شو كان في بالشنتة (3) This changes with gender and changes with position in the sentence. كان - كانت
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Became
صار صارت
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Want
Although it’s a verb, this is a special case word as it can have pronoun suffixes. It’s treated like an adverb أنا بدي أنت بدك انتو بدكم هو بده …
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Counting rules for flowers, paper, trees
Same as fruits and vegetables
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Was/were with different pronouns
أنا كُنت أنت كُنت/ي انتو كنتو هو كان هي كانَت هم كانوا احنا كنا Don’t pronounce أ in هم
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Was/were in question forms
Where are you? وينك Where were you? وين كُنت/ي Don’t get confused with cases where we just use كان
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Was/were in relation to places
Use لمُا For example, ‘Was he in his house when you were there?’ هو كان في بيته لما إنت كنت هناك؟
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Became with pronouns
أنا صِرت أنت صِرت/ي انتو صرتو هو صار هي صارت هم صِاروا احنا صرنا
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Whose? Mine, yours, his…
Whose? لمين Mine إلي/لإلي Yours لإلك His لإله Hers لإلها Theirs لإلهم Ours لإلنا
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Those
هدول
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Like (as a comparator) E.g. like a cat
زي
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COMPARATIVES: adjectives between two nouns
PATTERN: add alef and remove any vowels NB that the rule applies the SAME, regardless of gender or plurals Examples: - Adjective قليل becomes Comparative أقلّ - Very كتير becomes أكتر There are a few EXCEPTIONS to the pattern: (1) We do not apply the pattern to SOME adjectives: more faithful, hardworking, understanding, upset; busier, hungrier. We conjugate these as normal in sentences (i.e. gender, plural applies). Instead, we add أكتر AFTER to denote ‘more’ (2) If و is pronounced ‘w’, we don’t remove (3) If removing a vowel duplicates letters, you change slightly also: حفيف become أحفّ (4) If there is a vowel at the end of the adjective, this becomes ى (5) If starts with م, remove SENTENCE: when using in sentence, add من For example, ‘My pen is more expensive than yours’ قلمي أغلى من قلمك NB: while in English, we compare by using ‘mine’, ‘yours’; in Arabic, we use the full word for the noun AGAIN
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COMPARATIVES: word for ‘better’ and ‘worse’
Better: أحسن Worse: أسوَأ
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COMPARATIVES: What to do when comparing pronouns?
You can keep it simple and conjugate من For example: ‘I am better than you’ أنا أحسن منك
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COMPARATIVES: comparing VERBS
We add من ما For example, ‘He spoke to me more than he spoke to you’ هم حكى معي أكتر من ما حكى معك
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COMPARATIVES: characterising the comparative (x2)
We use كتير and شوي There are two ways to use them: can put them BEFORE the comparative, …كتير أرخص من… OR we can use AFTER, but must use ب، …أرخص بكتير… We can use these principles to create the following comparisons too: - Much more: أكتر بكتير - Little bit more: أكتر بشوي - Much less: أول بكتير - Little bit less: أول بشوي
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SUPERLATIVES: basic principles
The superlative uses the same pattern as comparative. (1) The noun + The superlative Your noun and superlative are preceded by ال For example: ‘The most important thing’: الشي الأهم (2) Superlative + Noun There is no preceding ال For example: أهم شي
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SUPERLATIVES: how to utilise in a sentence?
We use a PRONOUN after the superlative to show that it’s a superlative. For example, - ‘The fastest student IS Ahmed’: أسرع طالب هو أحمد - ‘What is most important in life?’: شو أهم شي بالحياة؟ NB: we can still add ال here, but we would need to switch the order of the superlative and noun around. The pronoun can be هو، هي، هم depending on context You can drop the NOUN from the sentence entirely if your subject understands what you’re referring to. But you MUST use ال For example, - ‘Fahmane is the most beautiful’: فهمانة هي الأحلى Here, we have removed the word ‘girl’ or ‘person’ NB: this is the form preferred in asking questions.
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SUPERLATIVES: use with VERBS
Rather than using pronouns to indicate your superlative, you add SUFFIXES to your VERB to indicate the superlative, IF the verb comes AFTER the superlative For example, - ‘This is the cleanest table I have FOUND in this place’: هده أنضف طاولة أنا لقيتها في هدا المكان - ‘Oliver is my tallest student I have ever taught’: أوليفر هو أطول طالب أنا علّمته
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SUPERLATIVES: how to use when exception applies: Cases where the pattern is omitted e.g. Happy مبسوط - Happier مبسوط أكتر
The subject/pronoun sits between the components that make up the superlative, and أكتر comes first. Remember, the adjective still gets conjugated. For example, - The happiest one: أكتر حدا مبسوط - The happiest girl: أكتر بنت مبسوطة - The happiest people: أكتر ناس مبسوطين - Sami is the most faithful: سلمي هو حدا مخلص
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Use of كل
When PLURAL comes after it, it means ALL When SINGULAR comes after it, it means EVERY
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How are plurals utilised in sentences with ال?
When plurals are subjects or spoken about specifically, they need to be made definite. This applies to sentences like: ‘Books are important’, ‘Dogs are cute’ When plurals are referred to, there’s not a need to add ال. For example, ‘I have books in my room’
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Using ‘have’ or ‘has’ when describing persons and living things?
We describe things DIRECTLY and don’t use ‘have’ or ‘has’. Instead, we conjugate the noun to indicate who we’re referring to. For example: - He has a nice personality: شخصيته حلوة - Ahmed has long hair: أحمد شعره طويل NB: This includes body parts Note that the adjective is NOT made definite. If you did, the meaning would be different: - For example: هي خدودها حُمُر translates to ‘She has red cheeks’ - But: هي خدودها الخمر translates to ‘Her red cheeks are…’
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Characterising verbs
You treat your adjective like an adverb. It is NOT gendered e.g., ‘He studied hard/well/…’ NB that ‘well’ is written as كويس or منيح