3. (Revision) ﻣ َا َ َﺔ
ُﺮ ﺟﻌ
Number rule (3-10 only)
◦ Need to be followed by plural word
◦ Two words should be opposite in gender (in the singular form)
◦ eg
e.g و ﺒﺔ ﺛﻠ ث وﺟﺒﺎت
َﺟْ َ ٌ : ََﺎ ُ َ َﺒﺎت
وﺟﺒﺔ ﺛﻠﺎث وﺟ
ﻗﻠ ٌ : ﺗﺴْﻌﺔ أﻗْﻼم
َ ُ َ ِ َ َﻢ
Cardinal and ordinal numbers
1. Cardinal numbers : 1,2,3……..100…1000
2. Ordinal numbers : 1st, 2nd, 3rd…….10th, 11th …
* Feminine ordinal numbers are also used to tell time.
8. Negation ﻧ ِﻲ اﻟ ِﻌﻞ اﻟﻤ َﺎ ِع
ُﻀ ر َﻔ ﻔ
In formal Arabic, اﻟ ِﻌﻞ اﻟﻤ َﺎ ِعis negated with
ُﻀ ر ﻔ
ﻻ
e.g.
g
◦ I don’t know ﻻ أﻋْﺮف اﺳْﻤﻪ
ُُ ِ ُ ِ َ َ
◦ He is not working/does not work ﻻ ﻳﻌْﻤﻞ ِﻲ اﻟﻤﻜْ َﺐ
ََ َُﻓ َ ﺘ
◦ We do not study/are not studying ﻻ ﻧﺪْرس اﻟﻔﺮﻧْﺴ ﱠﺔ
َ َ ُ ُ َ َ ِﻴ
Interrogative particle ) ﻞ ( أused in
I l (= )هﻞ d
negative question
◦ D ’ you k
Don’t know…?!
?! َ َ َﻌْﺮﻓْْﻦ اﻟ َﺎﻟ ُ اﻟﺠ ِﻳﺪ؟
أﻻ ﺗ ِ ِﻴ َ اﻟﻄﺎِﺐ اَ ﺪ
ﻓ ﻄﻟ ﻟ
9. ﻟﺪى ، ﻋﻨﺪ ، ﻣﻊ ، ل
ﻊ ى
ﻣﻊindicates physical possession of a thing or a person at the time of speaking.
◦ E.g : Do you have a pen with u? َﻞ َ َ َ ََ ٌ؟
هﻞ ﻚ ﻗﻠﻢ
ﻣﻌﻚ ﻗﻠ
: I go to school with my friends أذْهﺐ ِﻟﻰ اﻟﻤﺪْر َﺔ ﻣﻊ أﺻْﺪ َﺎ ِﻲ
َ َ ُ إ َ َ َﺳ َ َ َ ِﻗ ﺋ
لis used to describe human relationships or possession of highly abstract
entities.
◦ E.g : He has 3 children. ﻟﻪ ﺛﻼﺛﺔ أوْ َد
َ ُ َ ََ َ َ ﻻ
: The University has a long history
history. اﻟ َﺎﻣ َﺔ ﻟﻬﺎ ﺗﺎ ِﻳﺦ ﻃ ِﻳﻞ
اﻟﺠﺎ ِﻌﺔ َ َﺎ َﺎرﻳﺦ َﻮﻳﻞ
ﻮ ﺠ ﻣﻌ ﻟﻬ ﺗ ر
ﻋﻨﺪand ﻟﺪىdenotes a straightforward possession.
◦ E.g : I have a car ٌ ِﻨ ِي ﺳ ﱠﺎر ٌ / ﻟﺪي ﺳ ﱠﺎر
ﻋ ﺪ َﻴ َة َ َ ﱠ َﻴ َة
: Do you have a question? هﻞْ ﻟ َْﻚ ُ َال؟ َﻞ ﻋﻨْ َك ُ َال؟
َ َ َﻳْ َ ﺳ َال ه ِ ﺪ َ ﺳﺆ
ﺆ ﺪ
* While ﻋﻨﺪand ﻟﺪىdenotes a straightforward possession, it is more general in
ى
a sense as it can be used for human relationships as well.
11. Time اﻟ َﻗﺖ
ُ ﻮ
Telling time in Arabic is similar to telling
g g
fractions, e.g :
5:30 is said as “half-past five”
5:40 is said as “a third to six o’clock”
Second(s) َﺎﻧﻴﺔ/ َ َان
ﺛﺎ ِﻴﺔ ﺛﻮان
ﺛ ﻧ ﺛﻮ
Minute(s) دﻗﻴْ َﺔ/د َﺎ ِﻖ
َ ِ ﻘ َﻗ ﺋ
Hour(s) ﺳﺎﻋﺔ َﺎ َﺎ
H ( ) َﺎ َﺔ/ﺳﺎﻋﺎت