Grammar Rules

Question 1

singular

Answer 1

مُفرَد

单数

Question 2

plural

Answer 2

جَمع

复数

Question 3

feminine

Answer 3

هُؤَنَّث

女性

Question 4

masculine

Answer 4

مُذَكَّر

男性

Question 5

broken plural

Answer 5

جمع التكسير

Question 6

human masculine plurals

Answer 6

جمع المذكر

Word ends with either - ــ ون / ــ ين

Question 7

human feminine plurals

Answer 7

جمع المؤنث

Word ends with ات –

Question 8

non-human plural nouns

Answer 8

behave like feminine singular nouns

Question 9

nominal sentence

Answer 9

الجُملة الاِسمية

A sentence that begins with a noun or a pronoun

Question 10

sentence

Answer 10

جُملة

句子

Question 11

noun

Answer 11

اِسم

名词

Question 12

subject (in a nominal sentence)

Answer 12

مُبتَدَأ

Question 13

predicate

Answer 13

خَبَر

Question 14

construct phrase

Answer 14

الإضافة

• consists of two or more nouns strung together to form a relationship of possession or belonging
• the relationship between the two (or more) nouns may be thought of as equivalent to the English construction “of”

Question 15

that (masculine)

Answer 15

الَّذي

• used in a sentence that modifies definite nouns
• must agree in gender and number with the noun it modifies

Example: محمد هو الصديق الذي أتكلم معه عن كل شيء

Question 16

that (feminine)

Answer 16

الَّتي

• used in a sentence that modifies definite nouns
• must agree in gender and number with the noun it modifies

Example: تعرفتُ على البنت التي تجلس بجانبي في الصف

Question 17

that (non-human plural)

Answer 17

الَّذينَ

• used in a sentence that modifies definite nouns
• must agree in gender and number with the noun it modifies

Example: هم الزهلاء أعرفهم من العمل

Question 18

comparative

Answer 18

أفعل التفضيل

• comparative term follows the noun it modifies (e.g. غرفة أكبر)
• when used to compare two entities, it is usually followed by مِن (e.g. جامعتي أحسن من جامعتك)

Question 19

it is… to….

Answer 19

من ال…أنْ

Example:
it is necessary to = من اللازم أنْ
it is possible to = من المُمكِن أنْ
It is not appropriate to = ليس من المناسب أنْ

Question 20

present tense verb

Answer 20

الفعل المضارع

现在时动词

• negated with لا

Question 21

verb

Answer 21

الفعل

动词

Question 22

verbal sentence

Answer 22

الجملة الفعلية

• sentence that begins with a verb

Question 23

adjective

Answer 23

صِفة

形容词

Question 24

This… /This is….

Answer 24

هذا/هذه

This is a city = ١) هذه مدينة
This city = ٢) هذه المدينة
This is the city = ٣) هذه هي المدينة

Question 25

because

Answer 25

لِ : used to express a reason/purpose for doing something, and corresponds to the English “in order to” or “for”

بِسَبَب : followed by a noun or noun phrase

لأنّ : used to give an explanation that requires a full sentence; pronoun must be attached

Question 26

past tense

Answer 26

الفعل الماضي

Question 27

adjective sentence

Answer 27

جملة الصفة

1) If the noun being described is the subject of the verb, the pronoun is expressed in the verb
2) If the non being described is the object of the verb, in a possessive relationship, or the object of a preposition, a matching pronoun must fill its slot in the sentence

Question 28

future tense

Answer 28

المُستَقبَل

The future is formed by adding the prefix سـَ or its long form سَوف

Negated by لَن (without س/سوف)

Question 29

subject-verb agreement

Answer 29

الجملة الفعلية

• the subject of the verb can be contained in the verb itself or the subject is expressed independently and follows the verb
• whenever a verb precedes its subject, and that subject is a separate noun, the verb must always be singular. It must agree with the subject in gender.
• When the subject is a non-human plural or a human feminine plural the verb is a feminine singular