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Lesson 4

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The & a in Arabic

We don’t have “a” in arabic

We only have “the”

Book / a book = كِـتَـابْ

The book = الـكِـتَـابْ

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The = الـ

ا + ل

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Some examples

Pen = قَـلَـمْ

Sister = أُخْـتْ

Sky = سَـمَاءْ

Door = بَـابْ

Child = طِـفْـلْ

The pen = القَـلَـمْ

The sister = الأُخْـتْ

The sky = السَـمَاءْ

The door = البَـابْ

The child = الطِـفْـلْ

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How to go from masculine to feminine

The difference between most of masculine and the feminine nouns/adjective in arabic is the last letter.

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Doctor (m) = طَـبِـيـبْ

Doctor (f) = طَـبِـيـبَـة

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We add “ة” / “ـة” at the end of feminine nouns with changing tashkil of the last letter before “ة” to “fatha” “ـَ”.

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Some examples

Teacher (m) = مُـعَـلِـمْ

Handsome = جَـمِـيـلْ

Smart (m) = ذَكِـيْ

Student (m) = طَـالِـبْ

Child (m) = طِـفْـلْ

Teacher (f) = مُـعَـلِـمَة

Beautiful = جَـمِـيـلَة

Smart (f) = ذَكِـيَة

Student (f) = طَـالِـبَة

Child (f) = طِـفْـلَة

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New tashkil (shadda) (ـّ)

Applying shadda means dubbing the sound of the letter (The first one should have soukoun ـْ , and the second one should have the tashkil that is above shadda)

بَ = ba

بَّ = bba = بْ + بَ = بْــبَــ

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Some examples

يَّ

سَّ

نُّ

طُّ

شِّ

تِّ

جَّ

مُّ

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Pronouns

I = أَنَـا

You = أَنْـتَ / أَنْـتِ

We = نَـحْـنُ

They = هُـمْ / هُـنَّ

She = هِـيَ

He = هُـوَ

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Conjunction words

And = وَ

Or = أَوْ

Then = ثُـمَّ

But = لَـكِـنْ

Because = لِأَنَّ

So = لِـذَلِـكَ

Also / Too = أَيْـضًا

Not = لَـيْـسَ

Yet = بَـعْـدْ

After = بَـعْـدَ

Before = قَـبْـلَ

Such as / Like = مِـثْـلَ