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Arabic Grammar: Question Nouns
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- 2. Question Nouns
ن؟
َ َأ ْي
Where?
Where is your friend today? أَ ْين صدي ُقك ام َي ْوم؟
َ َ
Where are you from? ِمن أَ ْين أَهْت؟
َ َ ْ
Where are you from O Muhammad? ِمن أَ ْين أَهْت اي محمد؟
َ َ
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- 3. Question Nouns
؟ ََْك
How many
How much?
What’s the time? ََِك امساعَة؟
ّ
How much is this book? ََْك عَدد امطالب يف ام َفصل؟
ْ ّ ُ َ
How many students are the in the class? ََْك ث َ َمن هذا امكتاب؟
ِ
How many rooms are in the house? ََْك غُ ْرفَة يف ام َبيْت؟
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- 4. Question Words
َ
يف؟ َل
How?
How are you? ُ
ل ْي َف حال؟َ
How did you travel? َ
ل ْي َف سافَ ْرت؟
َ
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- 5. Question Words
َم ؟ِِمامذا/ م
Why?
Why are you studying Arabic? ِمامذا/ ِم َم ث َْد ُرس انّلُغَة امع َِرب َية؟
َ
َ ْ ُ َ َْ َ َْ َ َ
Why did you go to the police station? ِمامذا/ ِمم ذهبت إىل مرلز امُّشطة؟
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- 6. Question Words
ما...؟
What?
(in questions without a verb)
What’s your name? ُْ
ما اْسك؟
What is this? ما هذا؟
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- 7. Question Words
ماذا؟ What?
(in questions using verbs)
About what?
عَن ماذا؟ ْ
What do you study? ماذا ث َْد ُرس؟
What did you buy? ماذا إش َََتيْت؟
َ ْ
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- 8. Question Nouns
َمىت؟
When?
When will you travel?
When does the Arabic lesson start?
َمىت جُسا ِفر؟
َمىت ث َ ْبدأ حصة انّلُغَة امع َِرب َية ؟
َ َِ َ
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- 9. Question Words
َمن؟
ْ Who?
Who are you? َمن أَهْت؟
َ ْ
Whose book is this? ِم َمن هذا امكتاب؟
ِ ْ
With whom do you live? ُ ْ
َم َع َمن ج َْسكن؟
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- 10. Question Words
...؟ َ هل / أ
َ Yes/No Questions
to introduce interrogative sentences
(e.g. Is this...., Are you...?)
Are you a student?
هَل أَهْت طا ِمب؟ = أَ أَهْت طا ِمب؟
َ َ
Are you (f) a teacher? َ َ ِ
هَل أهت ُمد ِرسة؟
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- 11. Question Words
َأَي/ أ
ُ ية؟
Which?
In which?
يف أَي؟
ِ
In which university do you study? يف أَي َِة جا ِم َعة ث َْد ُرس؟
Which book did you read?
أَي لتاب قَ َر ْأت؟ َ
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