ten lessons

Question 1

what are subject and predicate sentences

Answer 1

subject: mubtada; it comes at the beginning
predicate: khabar; it comes at the end

“mahmood is knowledgeable”

Question 2

how do you translate “subject and predicate” sentences into arabic

Answer 2

1. take out the “is”
2. translate words into arabic
3. give two dammahs to both words in the sentence

if mubtada is nakirah (common noun) then add alif-laam

if mubtada is feminine, then khabar will also be feminine

Question 3

what are possessed and possessor sentences

Answer 3

possessed: mudaaf
possessor: mudaaf ilayhi

“slave of Allah”, “messenger of Allah”

Question 4

how do you translate possessed and possessor sentences into arabic

Answer 4

1. take out “ of “ or “ ‘s “ which show possession
2. reverse the sequence only if you take off the “ ‘s “

if you taken off “of” then there is no need to reverse the sequence

3. replace english words with their arabic equivalents
4. give mudaaf a single dammah
   give mudaaf ilayhi two kasrahs

Question 5

what is a verb form called

Answer 5

seegah