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Advanced Arabic
Types of sentences in Arabic

Knowing the type of sentence is very important in the conjugation
of Arabic
words.
In Arabic there are two types of sentences
(1)
The Verbal Sentence

a- Starts with a verb.
b- It has two main parts:
the doer + the verb
(It came, the victory)

The victory came
(He prays, the muslim)

The muslim prays
(2)
The Nominal Sentence

a- Starts with a noun.
b- It has two main parts:
information + first noun in

(predicate)
a sentence
(subject)
The book is blessed
Allaah is Gracious
This is a book
She is a girl
*Please note that the word

is starting with
. We should not
pronounce a
when we read it with. We say (Alismiyyah) not (Al-'ismiyyah).
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The Nominal Sentence

The nominal sentence
, wherein (usually) the first word is a noun,
and it contains information about that noun.

It is formed of two parts:
1- The noun about which, we want to say something. It is called

Literally means: what we start with.
2- The information
we give about that noun.
Example: The messenger is honest

-
In the sentence above, we want to say something about the messenger

so it is
- The information we give about the messenger is that, 'he is trustee'
, so it
. In a very simple way is what came after 'is'

and agree in gender (masculine feminine
) , and in
number (singular , dual , plural
).
is
and are both in the case of
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The reward (m. s.) is great (m. s.)

The muslim (f. s.) is chaste (f. s.)
The two men are righteous (m.d.)
The two sisters are beautiful (f. d.)
The performers of salaah (m. p.) are
bowing (down) (m. p.)
The boys (m. p.) are big (m. p.)
The righteous (f. p.) are obedient (f. p.)
The heavens (f. p.) are high (f. S)
(m.)
(f.)
(s.)
(d.)
(p.)
*Important note:
We mentioned before that and
agree in gender and in number.
( f. p.) and is
But in example 8 is
. Why?

Rule: The plural of nonhuman (animal, solids, plants) is treated as a feminine

singular i.e. (...
singular)
Ex .
all come in feminine

- (
) (
Note that in the Qur'aan you might find some exceptions to this rule.
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Advanced Arabic
Part 1:
Types of
)1- Noun (not pronoun
in the 8 examples mentioned in page 2, is a noun.

in these examples and
Conjugation
of
Remember the sign of conjugation of different types of noun, when they are in the
case

.

:
Same conjugation
for

:

.

for
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Same
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.

:

.

:

.
:

.

:

.

:

.

:

.
:
Now you do the same with the following Nominal sentences:

.
: *
......................................................:

, we say at the beginning *When we do conjugation of the word
)
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( (The word of majesty is.

Advanced Arabic

2- The separate pronoun
All pronouns are built on one form

, i.e. they have the same mark in all
positions.
Examples:
I am Muhammad
He is Allaah

. *

:
A pronoun that is built on one form with Sukoon, in the position of

.
:
*The long vowel is a type of Sukoon

.
:

.
:
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3- Demonstrative pronoun
All Demonstrative pronouns are built on one form

,they are treated as
except those of dual

dual nouns.

.
:

.

:

.
:

.
:

.

:

.

:
Same for

.
:

.
:
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4- The relative pronoun

All relative pronouns are built on one form

except those of dual, they are
treated as dual nouns.
The one who (m. s.) prays is a believer

The one who (f. s.) play is Fatimah
The two who (m. d.) write are two students (m. d.)
The two (f. d.) in the house are young (f. d.)
The ones (m. p.) in the mosque are righteous (m. p.)
The ones who (f. p.) went out are students (f. p.)
Whoever wakes up early is active

Whatever with Allaah is good
*
is used for human of any gender and of any number.

*
*

is used in the standard Arabic for nonhuman of any gender and of any number.
(In the Qur'aan, it might be used for human for special reasons)

.
:

.
:
Same for

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Advanced Arabic

.

:

.

:

Same for
.

:

.
:

.

:

.
:

.
:

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Same for
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5-
interpreted verbal noun

lb a ` _m
Example: "and that you (all) fast is better for you"
( that you (all) fast) is a verbal sentence, but it can function

as a noun, we can replace it by
(your fasting), when we realize that we
The
clause
can conjugate
as
The sentence will be (
.

:

.

. (
)

And the interpreted verbal noun is in the position of

.
:

:
:

.
:

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is normally a definite noun
As we saw in the previous examples in this lesson

But in some cases it can be indefinite.
follows it.
1- If an adjective
2- If the possessor
follows it.
3- If a negation tool precedes it.
4- If an interrogative particle precedes it.
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Part 2:
It was mentioned before that
is the information given about , and
forms with it a complete sentence.
it is what comes after is/are in English.

The types of
1- Of one word
here does not mean singular, it means that is a noun and of one word
only.
Example:
2- Semi-sentence
is not a complete sentence, but it is similar to a sentence, because it
does not give a full meaning by itself.

There are two types of
a. Preposition
plus the noun following it

Ex.
b.
plus

following

Ex.

The
can be a
Ex. The mother is in the house
it
In the house is the information said about the mother, so it is the
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And the

.
:

:
.
:

semi-sentence is in the position of
*( )

.

:

.
:

:
.

And the semi-sentence is in the position of
( )
*Notice that we do a normal conjugation for the parts of

that it is in the position of
3-
Verbal sentence
It is composed of a verb

+ a doer
, then we say

The Verbal sentence
can be of one word only i.e.
because from
Ex.
that word we understand that the doer is He
(this will be explained in details in the verbal sentence file
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should come after never

*Rule: Very important to know that a doer

before. Notice the conjugation of the verbal sentence

.
:

.
:
But if the Noun
comes first as in
composed of
. It becomes a Nominal sentence

.
:

.
:

is a hidden pronoun, assumed to be (he)

" "
:
*A very common mistake in such sentence is saying that

The
comes after the verb, never before.

.
is
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Nominal sentence
4-
The
can himself be a Nominal sentence

)(
)(
Ex. The boy, his house is big

(
)
(
)

.
:
:

.

:
.

.
:
(
)
" And the nominal sentence
for the first " is
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The multiplicity of
We can have more than one

Ex.
in the same sentence:

.
:

.

:
:

.

Postponing and advancing
is normally at the beginning of the sentence and the
as all the examples we had before.
comes after it,
But in some cases, will be postponed after

:
a- It is obligatory to postpone if:
and is a semi-sentence

1- is indefinite
Ex.
.
:

( )
And te semi-sentence is in the position of an advanced

.
:
Postponed
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2-If
is a word that should be given priority as the interrogative nouns (tool).
Ex.
The interrogative noun should come at the beginning of a sentence, even

when it is

.

:

.
:
b. It is permissible to postpone :
1- If we want to give priority to
Ex. It is forbidden the smoking (Smoking is forbidden)
In this example, we want to give priority to the word

advance it, but we still conjugate it as
( forbidden) so we

.
: :

.

:
2- If is definite and
is a semi-sentence
Ex.

.
:*

:
.

( )
And the semi-sentence is in the position of an advanced
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.

:
*Some scholar treat
as a preposition
and they conjugate the
previous sentence as follow:

:*
.

:

( )
Note that, there are more cases of postponing

{

}
All praises be to Allaah, who by his favor, good deeds are accomplished.
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What are the two main types of sentences in Arabic?

What are the two main types of sentences in Arabic?

What are the main parts of a nominal sentence?

What are the main parts of a nominal sentence?

Advanced Arabic

Types of sentences in Arabic

In Arabic there are two types of sentences

The Verbal Sentence

the doer + the verb

(It came, the victory)

(He prays, the muslim)

The Nominal Sentence

information + first noun in

The book is blessed

*Please note that the word

The Nominal Sentence

, wherein (usually) the first word is a noun,

and it contains information about that noun.

1- The noun about which, we want to say something. It is called

Example: The messenger is honest

In the sentence above, we want to say something about the messenger

. In a very simple way is what came after 'is'

and are both in the case of

The reward (m. s.) is great (m. s.)

agree in gender and in number.

Rule: The plural of nonhuman (animal, solids, plants) is treated as a feminine

all come in feminine

)1- Noun (not pronoun

in the 8 examples mentioned in page 2, is a noun.

( (The word of majesty is.

All pronouns are built on one form

All Demonstrative pronouns are built on one form

except those of dual

All relative pronouns are built on one form

treated as dual nouns.

The one who (m. s.) prays is a believer

Whoever wakes up early is active

interpreted verbal noun

Example: "and that you (all) fast is better for you"

( that you (all) fast) is a verbal sentence, but it can function

The sentence will be (

is normally a definite noun

As we saw in the previous examples in this lesson

3- If a negation tool precedes it.

4- If an interrogative particle precedes it.

is the information given about , and

forms with it a complete sentence.

it is what comes after is/are in English.

is not a complete sentence, but it is similar to a sentence, because it

does not give a full meaning by itself.

Ex. The mother is in the house

In the house is the information said about the mother, so it is the

And the semi-sentence is in the position of

*Notice that we do a normal conjugation for the parts of

that word we understand that the doer is He

(this will be explained in details in the verbal sentence file

should come after never

before. Notice the conjugation of the verbal sentence