Arabic Grammar

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

Answer 8

Specific noun

Question 9

اِسْمُ الْاِشَارَة

Answer 9

Indicative noun

Question 10

اِسْمَاالْعَلَمْ

Answer 10

Proper nouns - Names/Places

Question 11

اِسْمُ الضَميْر

Answer 11

Pronouns (14)

Question 12

اَلمُصَافُ اِلَ مَعْرِفَةٍ

Answer 12

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

Answer 14

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

مُب تَدَا is always a مَعْرِفَةْ
(usually first )

خَبَرٌ is always a نَكِرَةٌ
(Usually second)

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

Question 17

اَلْ مُشَارَ اِلَّيْةٌ

Answer 17

Pointing to - what you’re indicating to but you’re not directly mentioning it in the sentence (directed to/object of the topic)

Every اِسْمُ لْاِ شَرَة has a مُشَارَ اِلَّيْةٌ

E.g. ذٰلِكَ مَسْخِدْ

اِسْمُ لْاِ شَرَة = ذٰلِكَ

اَلْ مُشَارَ اِلَّيْةٌ = مَسْجِدْ

Question 18

هـَمْزَةُ الْوَصْل

Hamazatul Wasl

Answer 18

An Alif with a Hamza

A connecting Hamza that is pronounced at the beginning of a word, e.g, اَسْتَغْفِرُ اللّٰة

It is dropped in pronunciation when preceded by another word (becomes silent).
E.g. اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰة وَاسْتَغْفِرُ للّٰة

Side note:
Wasl = to connect
Fasl = to detach

Question 19

Name the letters of اَلشَّمْس

Answer 19

ت ث د ذ ر ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ل ن

Question 20

Name the letters of اَلْقَمَرْ

Answer 20

ا ب ج ح خ ع غ ز ف ق ك م ه و ى

Question 21

Give 6 examples of اَلْقَمَرَيَّة words

Answer 21

اَلْأَبُ

اَلْبَابُ

اَلْجَنَّةُ

اَلْحِمَارُ

اَلْخُبْزٌ

اَلْعَيْنُ

اَلْغَدَاءُ

اَلْفَمُ

اَلْقَمَرُ

اَلْكَلْبُ

اَلْمَاءُ

اَلْوَلَدُ

اَلْهـَوَاءُ

اَلْيَدُ

Question 22

Give 6 examples of اَلْشَّمْسِيَّة words

Answer 22

اَلتَاجِرُ

اَلثَّوْبُ

اَلدِّيْكُ

اَلذَّهَبْ

اَلْرَّجُلُ

اَلزَّهْرَةُ

السَّمَكُ

اَلشَّمْسُ

اَلصَّدْرُ

الضَّيْفُ

اَلطَّالِبُ

اَلظُّهْرُ

اَللَّحْمُ

اَلنَّجْمُ

Question 23

Name the 3 states of اِسْمُ

Answer 23

١. رَفْعٌّ

٢. نَصَبْ

٣. خَرٌّ

Question 24

What is theُ رَفْعٌ / مَرْفُوْعْ state of a noun

Answer 24

Has a ُ \ ٌ

e.g. بَيْتٌ / اَلْبَيْتُ

This is the nominative (default) state.

Question 25

What is the نَصَبْ state of a noun

Answer 25

Has a َ \ ً e.g. بَيْتَ The subject of the action changes to a fathah **عَامِلْ** Worker/causer (a state of a noun changes only due to an عَامِلْ) **دَخَلْتُ** I entered = verb An عَامِلْ دَخَلْتُ is in relation to a نَصَبْ

Question 26

What is the جَرٌّ state of a noun

Answer 26

Has a ِّ \ ٍّ e.g. اَلْبَيْتِ

Question 27

What is a حُرُوْفُ خَرٍّ?

Answer 27

Particles which change the state of a noun فِي - In عَلَي - On مِنْ - From إلَي - To When the above particles appear before a noun it changes the state of the noun from مَرْفُوْع ( ُ ) to مَجْرُوْرِ ( ِّ ) Dhammah to Kasrah

Question 28

What is a مِعْرَب?

Answer 28

Declinable word A word where the harakah's change e.g. بَيْتٌ can change to اَلْبَيْتُ or to اَلْبَيْتِ

Question 29

?مَبْنِيْ What is a

Answer 29

An indeclinable word The harakahs never change on such letters. Includes the حَرْفِ جَرًّ , ذٰلِكَ , اِسْمُ لْاِشَرَ E.g. َذٰلِك would not change to ذٰلِكِ once a particle is placed before it because it is an indeclinable word.

Question 30

What does a حَرْف جَرْ always have a relationship to?

Answer 30

مَجْرُوْرِ You can’t have a جَرْ without it being followed by a مَجْرُوْر