Grammar Rules Flashcards
singular
مُفرَد
单数
plural
جَمع
复数
feminine
هُؤَنَّث
女性
masculine
مُذَكَّر
男性
broken plural
جمع التكسير
human masculine plurals
جمع المذكر
Word ends with either - ــ ون / ــ ين
human feminine plurals
جمع المؤنث
Word ends with ات –
non-human plural nouns
behave like feminine singular nouns
nominal sentence
الجُملة الاِسمية
A sentence that begins with a noun or a pronoun
sentence
جُملة
句子
noun
اِسم
名词
subject (in a nominal sentence)
مُبتَدَأ
predicate
خَبَر
construct phrase
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”
that (masculine)
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
that (feminine)
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
that (non-human plural)
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
comparative
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)
it is… to….
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
present tense verb
الفعل المضارع
现在时动词
- negated with لا
verb
الفعل
动词
verbal sentence
الجملة الفعلية
- sentence that begins with a verb
adjective
صِفة
形容词
This… /This is….
هذا/هذه
This is a city = ١) هذه مدينة
This city = ٢) هذه المدينة
This is the city = ٣) هذه هي المدينة