Grammar Flashcards
لم عُد يفعل
No longer
عاد
To do, become again
أوشك من/على + مصدر
To be on the verge of, nearly, just about to
أوشك انْ يفعل
To be on the verge of, just about to
كاد انْ
To be near doing, almost
لا يكاد
Hardly
ما زال / لا زال
Still
لعلّ
Perhaps, maybe - sister of انّ
ذو / ذات
Particle used in idaafa construction to denote quality or affiliation
المفعول به
Direct object
المفعول المطلق
Cognate accusative
المفعول له
Doing something adverbally - as if answering a question
ظرف
Adverb
التمييز
Accusative of specification - answers question “in what?”
ما ان… حتى
No sooner had he… Than / Scarcely had he… When
بينما
While, whereas (can be proceeded by both perfect or imperfect)
ما دام
So long as, while (introduces clause of simultaneous-ness)
طالما
So long as, while (introduces clause of simultaneous-ness)
كلما
Whenever
ما لم
So long as/ not unless