‫س‬

َ َ‫َجل‬
sat

ْ ‫يِف‬
in

Remember, there is no Arabic word for "a" or "an".

‫َمكْتَب‬
office

Aamir sat in an office.

Aamir sat in an office.
ِ
ٍ َ‫عامر يِف َمكْت‬
‫ب‬ ْ ٌ ‫س‬ َ َ‫َجل‬

‫َأ َك َل‬
ate

‫طَعام‬
food

Khalid ate food.

Khalid ate food.
ِ
ً َ‫َأ َك َل خال ٌد ط‬
‫عاما‬

By the way, we need to notice that by default the verb comes all the way at the beginning of the
sentence in Arabic. However, sometimes, a receiver or preposition or something else might
come before the verb. But the doer can never come before the verb. Always remember that.

Rule #3: The verb usually comes at the beginning of the sentence, but sometimes it does not.

Rule #4: The doer of the verb can never come before the verb.