One-word Sentences (verb + subject + object +[adverbial])
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a) In these sentences, the verb الفِعْل, the subject الفَاعِل (in orange), and the object المَفْعُول (in blue) are combined in one word. That is, one-word represents a complete sentence.
b) The subject الفَاعِل may be covert مُسْتَتِر, as in (4) and (5). In (5), the تْ is not a subject; rather, it is the feminine marker.
c) After the object المَفْعُول, an adverbial may be added, as in (8), (9), (10), and (11).
d) (m, pl) = masculine plural, (m, s) = masculine singular, (f, pl) = feminine plural
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(1) ضَرَبَـتْــهُ – she beat him
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(2) سَمِعْـتُــهَا – I heard her
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(3) قَتَلُــوه – they (m, pl) killed him
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(4) قَابَلَــنَا – he met us
(5) قَابَلَتْــنَا – she met us
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(6) شَجَّعْــتُمــهُنَّ – you (m, pl) encouraged them - f, pl
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(7) زُرْتُمــنَا – you visited us
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(8) دَعَوْتُــكَ إِلَى العَشَاء – I invited you (m, s) to dinner
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(9) وَعَدْتُمْــنــي أَمْس – you (m, pl) promised me yesterday
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(10) اِشْتَرِيْــنَــهَا مِنَ اليَمَن – they (f, pl) bought it from Yemen
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(11) كَتَبْــتَــهَا بِسُرْعَة – you (m, s) wrote it fast
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Three-word Sentences (verb + subject + object + [adverbial])
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a) In these sentences, the subject الفَاعِل and the object المَفْعُول are separate nouns, hence three-word sentences (verb + subject + object – فِعْل + فَاعِل + مَفْعُول)
b) When the subject الفَاعِل is a singular or plural feminine noun, the verb الفِعْل must agree with it in gender, as in (2), (5), and (9). This is indicated by the تْ.
c) The object المَفْعُول may be followed by an adverbial, as in (6), (7), (8), (10), and (11).
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(1) شَرِبَ الطِّفْل الحَلِيْب – the child drank the milk.
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(2) نَظَّفَتْ الأُم البَيْت – the mother clean the house
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(3) شَاهدَ اللَّاعِبُون المُبَارَاة – the players watched the match
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(4) دَرَسَ خَالِد الرِّيَاضِيَّات – Khalid studies math
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(5) عَالَجَتْ المُمَرِّضَات المَرْضَى – the nurses treated the patients.
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(6) ضَرَبَ عَلِي أُخْتَهُ بَالعَصَا – Ali hit his sister with a stick
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(7) تَنَاولَ المُدَرِّسُون الغَدَاء فِي مَطْعَم – the teacher had lunch in a restaurant
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(8) شَرِبَ الطُّلاب قَهْوَة بَعْد المُحَاضَرَة – the students drank coffee after the lecture
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(9) شَاهَدَتْ الأُسَرَة فِلْمًا عَنْ اليَمَن – the family watched a film about Yemen
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(10) كَتَبَ سَامِي رِسَالَة إِلَى صَدِيْقِه – Sami wrote a letter to his friend
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(11) تَكَلَّمَ نَاصِر الإِسْبَانِيَّة بِطَلَاقَة – Nasser spoke Spanish fluently
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