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Sentence Fragments: A noun and an adjective

el waladu el kabiiru
Syllable breakdown: al-wa-la-dul-ka-biir
The big boy


el kitaabu el kabiiru
Syllable breakdown: al-ki-taa-bul-ka-biir
The big book


el bint el kabiirätu
Syllable breakdown: al-bin-tul-ka-bii-rah
The big girl


el kursiyyu el kabiiru
Syllable breakdown:
The big chair


waladuń kabiiruń
Syllable breakdown: wa-la-dun-ka-biir
A big boy


bintuń kabiirätuń
Syllable breakdown: bin-tun-ka-bii-rah
A big girl



Idžaafä

kitaabu el waladi
Syllable breakdown:
The boy's book / The book of the boy


kitaabu el binti
Syllable breakdown:
The girl's book / The book of the girl


kursiyyu el waladi
Syllable breakdown:
The boy's chair / The chair of the boy


kursiyyu el binti
Syllable breakdown:
The girl's chair / The chair of the girl.


madrasätu el waladi
Syllable breakdown:
The boy's school / The school of the boy


madrasätu el binti
Syllable breakdown:
The girl's school / The school of the girl



Equational Sentences

Madrasätu el binti kabiirätuń.
Syllable breakdown:
The girl's school is big.


Madrasätu el waladi kabiirätuń.
Syllable breakdown:
The boy's school is big.


Kursiyyu el waladi kabiiruń.
Syllable breakdown:
The boy's chair is big.


Kursiyyu el binti kabiiruń.
Syllable breakdown:
The girl's chair is big.


Kitaabu el waladi kabiiruń jiddân.
Syllable breakdown:
The boy's book is very big.



Kitaabu el binti kabiiruń jiddân.
Syllable breakdown:
The girl's book is very big.



Kitaabu Nawwaar sžagħiiruń.
Syllable breakdown:
Nawwar's book is small.


Kursiyyu Liin kabiiruń jiddân.
Syllable breakdown:
Leen's chair is very big.


Negative Equational Sentences

Laisat madrasätu el binti kabiirätań.
Syllable breakdown:
The girl's school is not big.


Laisat madrasätu el waladi kabiirätań.
Syllable breakdown:
The boy's school is not big.


Laisa kursiyyu el waladi kabiirân.
Syllable breakdown:
The boy's chair is not big.


Laisa kursiyyu el binti kabiirân.
Syllable breakdown:
The girl's chair is not big.


Laisa kitaabu el waladi kabiirân jiddân.
Syllable breakdown:
The boy's book is not very big.



Laisa kitaabu el binti kabiirân jiddân.
Syllable breakdown:
The girl's book is not very big.



Laisa kitaabu Nawwaar sžagħiirân.
Syllable breakdown:
Nawwar's book is not small.


Laisa kursiyyu Liin kabiirân jiddân.
Syllable breakdown:
Leen's chair is not very big.


Sentence fragments: Idžaafä + Adjectives

madrasätu el binti el kabiiräti
Syllable breakdown: mad-ra-sa-tul-bin-til-ka-bii-rah
The big girl's school


madrasätu el binti el kabiirätu
Syllable breakdown: mad-ra-sa-tul-bin-til-ka-bii-rah
The girl's big school


madrasätu el waladi el kabiirätu
Syllable breakdown: mad-ra-sa-tul-wa-la-dil-ka-bii-rah
The boy's big school.


madrasätu el waladi el kabiiri
Syllable breakdown: mad-ra-sa-tul-wa-la-dil-ka-biir
The big boy's school.


kitaabu el waladi el kabiiri
Syllable breakdown:ki-taa-bul-wa-la-dil-ka-biir
The big boy's book


kitaabu el waladi el kabiiru
Syllable breakdown: ki-taa-bul-wa-la-dil-ka-biir
The boy's big book


kitaabu el binti el kabiiru
Syllable breakdown: ki-taa-bul-bin-til-ka-biir
The girl's big book


kitaabu el binti el kabiiräti
Syllable breakdown: ki-taa-bul-bin-til-ka-bii-rah
The big girl's book


Possessive adjectives

madrasatu-haa
Syllable breakdown:mad-ra-sa-tu-haa
Her school


madrasatu-haa el kabiirätu
Syllable breakdown: mad-ra-sa-tu-hal-ka-bii-rah
Her big school


madrasatu-huú el kabiirätu
Syllable breakdown: mad-ra-sa-tu-hul-ka-bii-rah
His big school


madrasatu-huú
Syllable breakdown: mad-ra-sa-tuh
His school.


kitaabu-huú
Syllable breakdown:ki-taa-buh
His book


kitaabu-huú el kabiiru
Syllable breakdown: ki-taa-bu-hul-ka-biir
His big book


kitaabu-haa el kabiiru
Syllable breakdown:ki-taa-bu-hal-ka-biir
Her big book


kitaabu el binti el kabiiräti
Syllable breakdown:
Her book



Sentence fragments: This

haádħaa el waladu el kabiiru
Syllable breakdown: haa-dħal-wa-la-dul-ka-biir
This big boy


haádħaa el waladu
Syllable breakdown:haa-dħal-wa-lad
This boy


haádħaa el kitaabu el kabiiru
Syllable breakdown: haa-dħal-ki-taa-bul-ka-biir
This big book



haádħaa el kitaabu el kabiiru
Syllable breakdown: haa-dħal-ki-taab
This book


haádħihií el bint el kabiirätu
Syllable breakdown: haa-dħi-hil-bin-tul-ka-bii-rah
This big girl


haádħihií el bint el kabiirätu
Syllable breakdown: haa-dħi-hil-bin-tul-ka-bii-rah
This girl


haádħaa el kursiyyu el kabiiru
Syllable breakdown:haa-dħal-kur-siy-yul-ka-biir
This big chair


haádħaa el kursiyyu
Syllable breakdown: haa-dħal-kur-siyy
This chair




Statements: This + Definite

haádħaa huwa el waladu el kabiiru
Syllable breakdown: haa-dħaa-hu-wal-wa-la-dul-ka-biir
This is the big boy.


haádħaa huwa el waladu
Syllable breakdown:haa-dħaa-hu-wal-wa-lad
This is the boy.


haádħaa huwa el kitaabu el kabiiru
Syllable breakdown: haa-dħaa-hu-wal-ki-taa-bul-ka-biir
This is the big book.



haádħaa huwa el kitaabu el kabiiru
Syllable breakdown: haa-dħaa-hu-wal-ki-taab
This is the book.


haádħihii hiya el bint el kabiirätu
Syllable breakdown: haa-dħi-hii-hi-yal-bin-tul-ka-bii-rah
This is the big girl.


haádħihii hiya el bint el kabiirätu
Syllable breakdown: haa-dħi-hii-hi-yal-bin-tul-ka-bii-rah
This is the girl.


haádħaa huwa el kursiyyu el kabiiru
Syllable breakdown:haa-dħaa-hu-wal-kur-siy-yul-ka-biir
This is the big chair.


haádħaa huwa el kursiyyu
Syllable breakdown: haa-dħaa-hu-wal-kur-siyy
This is the chair.



Sentence fragments: This

haádħaa waladuń kabiiruń
Syllable breakdown: haa-dħaa-wa-la-dun-ka-biir
This is a big boy.


haádħaa waladuń
Syllable breakdown:haa-dħaa-wa-lad
This is a boy.


haádħaa kitaabuń kabiiruń
Syllable breakdown: haa-dħaa-ki-taa-bun-ka-biir
This is a big book.



haádħaa kitaabuń
Syllable breakdown: haa-dħaa-ki-taab
This is a book.


haádħihii bintuń kabiirätuń
Syllable breakdown: haa-dħi-hii-bin-tun-ka-bii-rah
This is a big girl.


haádħihii bintuń
Syllable breakdown: haa-dħi-hii-bin-tun
This girl


haádħaa kursiyyuń kabiiruń
Syllable breakdown:haa-dħaa-kur-siy-yun-ka-biir
This is a big chair.


haádħaa kursiyyuń
Syllable breakdown: haa-dħaa-kur-siyy
This is a chair.


To make one of these a questions add أ "a" to the beginning of the sentence.

A haádħaa kitaabuń?
Syllable breakdown: a-haa-dħaa-ki-taab
Is this a book?


Past Equational Statements and Questions

Kaanat madrasätu el binti kabiirätań.
Syllable breakdown:
The girl's school was big.


Kaanat madrasätu el waladi kabiirätań.
Syllable breakdown:
The boy's school was big.


Kaana kursiyyu el waladi kabiirân.
Syllable breakdown:
The boy's chair was big.


Kaana kursiyyu el binti kabiirân.
Syllable breakdown:
The girl's chair was big.


Kaana kitaabu el waladi kabiirân jiddân.
Syllable breakdown:
The boy's book was very big.


Kaana kitaabu el binti kabiirân jiddân.
Syllable breakdown:
The girl's book was very big.


Kaana kitaabu Nawwaar sžagħiirân.
Syllable breakdown:
Nawwar's book was small.


Kaana kursiyyu Liin kabiirân jiddân.
Syllable breakdown:
Leen's chair was very big.


To turn one of these into a question add the word هل "hal" to the beginning.

Hal kaana kitaabu el binti kabiirân jiddân?
Syllable breakdown:
Was the girl's book very big?


THE FOLLOWING NEEDS CONFIRMATION(SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CASE ENDINGS). To turn one of these into a really strong statement add كم "kam" to the beginning.

Kam kaana kitaabu el binti kabiirân.
Syllable breakdown:
Was the girl's book very big.


To turn one of these into a negative statement add ما "máa" to the beginning (it must go directly before the verb كان "kaana"):

Máa kaanat madrasätu el waladi kabiirätań.
Syllable breakdown:
The boy's school was not big.


To turn one of these into a negative statement that covers all time at أبدًا "abadân" to the end of the sentence.

Máa kaanat madrasätu el waladi kabiirätań abadân.
Syllable breakdown:
The boy's school was never big.


Oftentimes you will find: Instead of: ما كان máa kaana ; You will find:لم يكن lam yakun Instead of: ما كانت máa kaanat ; You will find: لم تكن lam takun


Lam takun madrasätu el waladi kabiirätań.
Syllable breakdown:lam-ta-kum-mad-ra-sa-tul-wa-la-di-ka-bii-rah
The boy's school was not big.


Future Equational Statements and Questions

Sa takuunu madrasätu el binti kabiirätań.
Syllable breakdown:
The girl's school will be big.


Sa takuunu madrasätu el waladi kabiirätań.
Syllable breakdown:
The boy's school will be big.


Sa takuunu kabiirätań.
Syllable breakdown:
It will be big. (not stressing "it")


Sa yakuunu kitaabu el waladi mufiidân.
Syllable breakdown:
The boy's book will be useful.


Sa yakuunu kitaabu el waladi mufiidân.
Syllable breakdown:
It will be useful. (not stressing "it")



Sa yakuunu kursiyyu el binti jadiidân.
Syllable breakdown:
The girl's chair will be new.



Sa yakuunu jadiidân.
Syllable breakdown:
It will be new.


The word سـ "sa" is the short form of سوف"saufa". "sa" is more common than سوف "saufa". سوف "saufa" is for things in a farther future than "sa" indicates(In English we use the word "eventually" to put things in the far future.).

Past (-) Equational Statements and Questions


Lam takun el bintu kabiirätań.
Syllable breakdown:
The girl was not big.



A lam yakun el waladu kabiirân?
Syllable breakdown:
Wasn't the boy big?


Future (-) Equational Statements and Questions

Lan takuuna madrasätu el binti kabiirätań.
Syllable breakdown:
The girl's school won't be big.


Lan takuuna madrasätu el waladi kabiirätań.
Syllable breakdown:
The boy's school won't be big.


Lan takuuna kabiirätań.
Syllable breakdown:
It won't be big. (not stressing "it")


Lan yakuuna kitaabu el waladi mufiidân.
Syllable breakdown:
The boy's book won't be useful.


Lan yakuuna kitaabu el waladi mufiidân.
Syllable breakdown:
It won't be useful. (not stressing "it")



Lan yakuuna kursiyyu el binti jadiidân.
Syllable breakdown:
The girl's chair won't be new.



Lan yakuuna jadiidân.
Syllable breakdown:
It won't be new.


To make it a question add أ"a" to the beginning of the sentence. مثلا(matħalân) = For example:

A lan yakuuna jadiidân?
Syllable breakdown:
Won't it be new?


Basic Verbs in the past tense

Dħahaba el waladu ilaa madrasati-hií.
Syllable breakdown:
The boy went to his school.



(Huwa) Dħahaba ilaà madrasäti-hií.
Syllable breakdown: hu-wa-dħa-ha-ba-i-laa-mad-ra-sa-tih
(He) went to his school.


Dħahaba el aulaadu ilaà ħbuyuuti-him.
Syllable breakdown: dħa-ha-bal-au-laa-du-i-laa-bu-yuu-ti-him
The boys went to their houses.


(Hum) Dħahabuù ilaà buyuuti-him.
Syllable breakdown: hum-dħa-ha-buu-i-laa-bu-yuu-ti-him
(They) went to their houses.


Dħahabat bintuń ilaà el madrasäti.
Syllable breakdown: dħa-ha-bat-biñ-tun-i-lal-mad-ra-sah
A girl went to school.


(Hiya) Dħahabat ilaà el madrasäti.
Syllable breakdown: hi-ya-dħa-ha-bat-i-lal-mad-ra-sah
(She) went to school.


Sentence fragment with...


El waladu elladħii Dħahaba ilaa madrasati-hií
Syllable breakdown:
The boy who went to his school



(El aulaadu) elladħiina dħahabuù
Syllable breakdown:
The boys who went Without Bracketed words: the ones who went


(el bintu) ellatii Dħahabat ilaà el madrasäti
Syllable breakdown:
The girl that went to school. Without Bracketed words: the one who went to school



Comparative


haádħaa el kitaabu akbaru min dħaalika el qalami.
Syllable breakdown:
This book is bigger than that pen.


haádħaa el kitaabu akbaru min qalamiî.
Syllable breakdown:
This book is bigger than my pen.


Syllable breakdown:
My pen is bigger than your pen. (talking to a male)
Syllable breakdown:
My pen is bigger than your pen. (talking to a group not all females, and not to groups)
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