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Topic: Grammar

Posted By: ummziba
Subject: Grammar
Date Posted: 05 October 2006 at 5:59am

Assalamu alaikum,

This thread can be for all things related to Arabic grammar. Please feel free to contribute your knowledge of this for the benefit of all of us!

a vowel is called "haraka" (movement)
a consonant with a vowel sign (fatha, kasara, dhamma) is called "mutahanik" (moved)
a consonant without a vowel sign is called "sakin" (resting)
a double consonant without a vowel sound in between, is written only once and a sign called "shadda" is placed over it. Shadda looks like a tiny letter w, only with rounded bottoms, not pointed like the keyboard makes it!
when a consonant has shadda, the letter sound must be distinctly pronounced twice (for example: sheen with fatha and meem with shadda and fatha would be pronounced "shamma" (to smell)

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Sticks and stones may break my bones, but your words...they break my soul ~

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Posted By: hat2010
Date Posted: 12 October 2006 at 8:00am

Wa alikoom salaam wa baraktuhu....

Now - one thing english speakers will miss is the little articles of is/are/
am.

Simply put - "I" "you" he" etc contain and imply what we use as "is/are/
am."

Example - Ana ferhan. inti lit "I happy"

If this is direction you were thinking of for this thread and is helpful I'll
continue to build on this post...

Allah lounikoom

Posted By: ummziba
Date Posted: 13 October 2006 at 4:38am

Assalamu alaikum,

Yes, please do continue to contribute! Thanks.

Peace, ummziba.

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Sticks and stones may break my bones, but your words...they break my soul ~

Posted By: hat2010
Date Posted: 27 October 2006 at 6:58pm

Peace

Bismillah.

When we use common verbs the subject is appended to it. Which isn't
too different from English. Except that missing article bit I mentioned
above (in the example 'at' is the missing one)

"Look at her!" - "Shoof-ha"
"Look at him!" - "Shoof-he"
"Look at me" - "Shoof-nii"
"Look at them" - "Shoof-hom"
"Look at us" - "Shoof-na"

Salaam...

Posted By: hat2010
Date Posted: 07 November 2006 at 7:57pm

Peace,

Bismillah.

Possessives (using house 'dar')

"My house" - Dar-ee
"Your house" - Dar-ik
"His house" - Dar-he
"Her house" - Dar-ha
"Our house" - Dar-na
"Their house" - Dar-hom