(مضاف)(مضاف إليه) lesson 5

Question 1

what is مضاف

Answer 1

is a noun that is possessed

Question 2

what is مضاف إليه

Answer 2

noun that is the possessor

Question 3

is مضاف definite or indefinite?

Answer 3

the مضاف takes neither the definite nor the the indefinite case. That is because the مضاف is definite by positon and doesn’t need further tools to be definite. Ex: Kitabu bilalin

Question 4

can مضاف إليه get a tanween?

Answer 4

yes, it can, unlike مضاف. مضاف إليه will always be مَجْرُور

Question 5

Will من be مَجْرُور? Ex: من كتاب (who’s book)

Answer 5

the word من will NOT be مَجْرُور because its an indeclinable word. (it will not indicate to its case).

Question 6

what is the مضاف in this sentence?:مدرس على مكتب (on the teacher’s desk)

Answer 6

مكتب is مضاف. مكتب is مَجْرُور because of على and مدرس

Question 7

rules regarding تحت(under)

Answer 7

the noun that follows after the word تحت will be مَجْرُور because it’ll be مضاف إليه. Ex: تحت الكتاب (tahta i’lkitabi)

Question 8

rules regarding يا

Answer 8

when the word يا appears before a noun it will only al;pw the noun to have one dhammah. Ex: يا طيبة (ya Tayyibatu)