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This document is the first part of Lesson 1 from an Arabic language course. It introduces the demonstrative pronoun "hādhā" which means "this" in Arabic. Some example sentences are given to demonstrate how "hādhā" is used followed by the noun, without an equivalent of the verb "to be". The lesson explains there is no word for "a" or "an" in Arabic, and the nunation (tanwin) on nouns serves this purpose. It encourages the reader to proceed to Part 2 to practice further.
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- 1. 20/12/2011 Free Arabic Language Course, Learn Arabic, Arabic Tuition Home Support Us Printable E-book Downloadable Website Podcasts User Materials Low Bandwidth Website Receive Updates Report Errors About Us Contact Us Help FAQs Privac Notice Terms and Conditions Arabic Course Vocabular / Forum Bookshop Tuition Services Flashcards Tests Lesson 1 – ﺪ ﺱ ﻭﻝ ﹸ ﺍ ﺭ ﺍﻟ This is… - ...ـٰﺫﹶﺍﻫ Part 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Introduction - ﻣﺪﺔ ﹲﻣ ﻘﹶ Please read the sentences below. After completing the sentences we shall go over the rules for this lesson. In Part 1 of Lesson 1 we learn how to use the pronoun ﻩَـٰﺬﹶﺍwhich means 'This' (called the demonstrative pronoun in grammar). /Hādhā/ is pronounced ﺎ ﹶﺍ but is written without the first ﻫﺫ /alif/. The second word is the noun (object) being referred to, e.g.: means house. ﺑﻴ ﺖ Please click on the words to hear speech, i.e. how the words should be pronounced. . ﺎـٰﺬﹶﺍ ﻛِﺘﻫ ﺏ . ِﺠﺴـٰﺬﹶﺍ ﻣﻫ ﺪ . ﺎـٰﺬﹶﺍ ﺑﻫ ﺏ . ﻴـٰﺬﹶﺍ ﺑﻫ ﺖ This is a book This is a mosque This is a door This is a house Arabic has no word which is equal to the English word "is" which is referred to as a “copula” in grammar. We can see this rule demonstrated above where we see the words for ـٰﺬﹶﺍ ﻫand the noun/predicate ﺪ ِﺠﺴ ﻣbeing referred to without any copula. i.e. ِﺠﺴـٰﺬﹶﺍ ﻣﻫ ﺪ If read literally this sentence would read "This a mosque", however, the word "is" can be implied in this sentence so that it reads "This is a mosque". There is no word in Arabic corresponding to "a" in English as in: "This is a book". The n-sound, i.e. the /tanwīn/ (doubled vowel sign) at the end of the Arabic noun (kitābu-n, baitu-n, mas idu-n) is the Arabic indefinite article corresponding to the English "a/an". Please click on the button for part 2 below to move onto the next section where we will practice this principle further In-Shā’-Allâh (God-willing). .madinaharabic.com/Arabic_Language_Course/Lessons/L001_001.html 1/2
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