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There are two types of sentences in Arabic – the nominal sentence and the verbal sentence.
The verbal sentence starts with a verb. For example:

َ َ ‫أ َ َﺧ ْذتُ اﻟ ِﻛﺗ‬
‫ﺎب‬
Akhadhtu al-kitaab

I took the book.

َ‫ﺷ َِر ْﺑتَ اﻟﻘَﮭ َْوة‬

Sharibta al-qahwah

You (m.sg.) drank the coffee.

َ‫ﺎرة‬
َ ‫ﺳﯾﱠ‬
‫ﺳ َل اﻟ ﱠ‬ َ
َ ‫ﻏ‬
Ghasala as-sayyaarah

He washed the car.

ِ ‫َدﻓَ ْﻌ‬
َ‫ت اﻟﻔَﺗ ُ ْو َرة‬
Dafa’ti al-fatoorah

You (f.sg.) paid the bill.

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As you have seen in the above examples, the object of the verb in Arabic generally takes a fat-
hah. Please note that ‫ ال‬is the definite article meaning “the.” Use the vocabulary below to form
the sentences that follow.

the
the door al-baab ‫اﻟﺑَﺎب‬ man
ar-rajul

the woman al-mar'ah ‫اﻟ َﻣ ْرأَة‬ the cup al-koob

the the an-

container
al-'ulbah ‫اﻟﻌُ ْﻠﺑَﺔ‬ money nuqood

al- the
the bag
haqeebah ‫اﻟ َﺣ ِﻘﯾﺑَﺔ‬ house
al-bayt

the
building
al-binaa' ‫اﻟ ِﺑﻧَﺎء‬ the boy al-walad

1.You (m.sg.) paid the man.

2. I washed the cup.

3. He took the money.

4. You (f.sg.) washed the house.

5. She pushed the boy.

6. I took the car.

7. She opened the door.

8. He paid the woman.

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9. You (m.sg.) opened the container.

10. You (f.sg.) took the bag.

11. I washed the building.

12. You (m.sg.) took the bill.

A statement can be turned into a question by adding ‫( َھ ْل‬hal) to

the front of it. For example:

‫ﺎرةَ؟‬
َ َ‫ﺳﯾ‬
‫ﺳ َل اﻟ ﱠ‬ َ ‫َھ ْل‬
َ ‫ﻏ‬
Did he wash the car?

ِ ‫َھ ْل َدﻓَ ْﻌ‬

‫ت اﻟﻔَﺗ ُ ْو َرةَ؟‬
Did you (f.sg.) pay the bill?

Change the 12 statements above into questions.

Sometimes verbs use prepositions.

ِ ‫َذ َھﺑْتُ ِإﻟَﻰ اﻟ ُﻣﺗْ َﺣ‬

‫ف‬
Dhahabtu ilaa al-mut-haf

I went to the museum.

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‫َﺧ َر َﺟتْ ِﻣن اﻟﺑِﻘَﺎﻟَ ِﺔ‬

Kharajat min al-biqaalah

She left the grocery.

‫ﺎرى‬
َ َ‫َر َﺟ ْﻌتَ ِﻣن اﻟ ُﻣﺑ‬
Raja’ta min al-mubaaraa

You (m.sg.) returned from the match.

The verb ‫ ذھب‬must use the preposition ‫( إﻟﻰ‬to) when you are
speaking about going somewhere.

The verb ‫ ﺧرج‬must use the preposition ‫( ﻣن‬from) when you are
speaking about leaving a place.

The verb ‫ رﺟﻊ‬must use ‫ ﻣن‬when speaking about returning from

a place. However, if you are returning a thing, you would not
use ‫ ﻣن‬. For example, ‫ت اﻟﻧﱡﻘُ ْو َد‬
ِ ‫“ َر َﺟ ْﻌ‬You (f.sg.) returned the
money.”

Use the vocabulary below to form the following sentences.

the ash- al-

beach shaati' ‫ﱠﺎطﺊ‬
ِ ‫اﻟﺷ‬ the pool
masbah

the as-sooq the store al-matjar

market
‫ﺳوق‬
‫اﻟ ﱡ‬
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the al-
party
al-haflah ‫اﻟ َﺣ ْﻔﻠَﺔ‬ the meeting
ijtimaa'

the al- the al-

airport mataar ‫اﻟ َﻣ َطﺎر‬ restaurant mat'am

al-
Spain Isbaaniyaa ‫ﺳﺑَﺎﻧِﯾَﺎ‬
ْ ‫ِإ‬ Algeria
Jazaa'ir

1.I went to Spain.

2.She left the store.

3.You (m.sg.) returned from the pool.

4.He left the beach.

5.You (f.sg.) went to the meeting.

6.You (m.sg.) returned from the party.

7.I went to the airport.

8.He left the restaurant.

9.She returned from Algeria.

10.You (f.sg.) went to the market.

11.I went to the match.

12.You (m.sg.) returned from the museum.

13.She left the grocery.

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Now turn the above statements into questions using ‫ ھل‬.

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