Category of vocabulary: Food/ُالطَّعَام
New word: الحَلَوِيَّاتِ/Sweets
A sentence example:
أُحِبُّ هَذِهِ الحَلَوِيَّاتِ، هِيَ لَذِيذَةٌ جِدًّا!
I love these sweets، they’re really delicious!
Summarised Concept:
أَنْوَاعُ الكَلِمَاتِ فِي اللُّغَةِ العَرَبِيَّةِ – Types of Words in the Arabic Language (part 2)
Level: (beginner)
Principle: Types of Words in the Arabic Language.
There are three types of words that exist within the arabic language:
1. The Noun – ُالاسْم
2. The Verb – ُالفِعْل
3. The Particle – ُالحَرْف
In this week’s newsletter we shall focus on the verb and how to recognise it within the Arabic language.
What is a verb?
كَلِمَةٌ دَلَّتْ عَلَى مَعْنًى فِي نَفْسِهَا وَاقْتَرَنَتْ بِأَحَدِ الْأَزْمِنَةِ الثَّلَاثَةِ: المَاضِي والْحَالِ والاسْتِقْبَالِ
It’s a word which has a meaning within itself and its meaning and structure changes based on the tense it’s used in, whether it be past, present or future.
Example of a verb being used in past tense:
أَكَلَ صَالِحٌ فَطُورَهُ قَبْلَ الذَّهَابِ إِلَى المَدْرَسَةِ.
Salih ate his breakfast before going to school.
Example of a verb being used in the present tense:
يَأْكُلُ صَالِحٌ الغَدَاءَ فِي المَدْرَسَةِ الآن.
Salih is eating lunch right now in school.
Example of a verb being used in the future tense:
سَيَأْكُلُ صَالِحٌ العَشَاءَ بَعْدَ المَغْرِبِ إن شاء الله.
Salih will have dinner after Maghrib prayer, if Allah wills.
How can we recognise a verb in the arabic language?
The verb in the arabic language has a variety of different signs to recognise it, the easiest way to recognise verbs are through identifying one of these signs:
1. The Feminine Taa with Sukuun (تْ) – this letter joins the end of past tense verbs to show you that the action was carried out by w single female/feminine species or object.
Example:
ِشَرِبَتْ هِنْدٌ عَصِيرَ التُّفَّاح
Hind drank apple juice.
2. the word (ْلَم) – Negation of action taking place in the past tense
Example:
لَمْ يُعَاقِقْ عُثْمَانُ وَالِدَيهِ
Uthman wasn’t disobedient to his parents.