The Basic Present Verbal Sentence in Arabic Similar to the basic past verbal sentence, the basic present verbal sentence in Arabic الْجُمْلَةُ الْفِعْلِيَّةُ الْبَسِيطَةُ is composed of a verb فِعْل, a subject فَاعِل, and an object مَفْعُول, which can be optional, depending on the type of the verb. It always starts with the verb. The verb can be intransitive لَازِم or transiti…

The Basic Past Verbal Sentence in Arabic The basic past verbal sentence in Arabic الْجُمْلَةُ الْفِعْلِيَّةُ الْبَسِيطَة can be a word or a group of words that express a completed action. It starts with a verb فِعْل which is always followed by a subject فَاعِل (i.e. the doer of the action). If the verb is intransitive لَازِم, it and the subject form a complete meaning. If the …

Arabic Verb Types Familiarity with Arabic verb types is important for correct verb conjugation and usage. These types are based on the structure of the verb root, the component letters of the verb root, whether the verb requires an object, and the tense or time of verb. Verb Root Structure: (1) The Simple Verb الْفِعْلُ الْمُجَرَّد: The verbs in (أ) are …

Easy Arabic News Questions (33) Read the article تِرَمْبُ يُعْلِنُ أَنَّ إِيْرَانَ سَوْفَ تَتَحَمَّلُ مَسْؤُولِيَّةَ هُجُومِ الْحُوثِيِّينَ and answer the following questions.

Easy Arabic News Questions (32) Read the article أُوكْرَانِيَا تُوَافِقُ عَلَى اِقْتِرَاحِ الْهُدْنَةِ and answer the following questions.

Easy Arabic News Questions (31) Read the article اِتِّفَاقُ دَمْجِ قَسَدَ بِالدَّوْلَةِ السُّورِيَّةِ الْجَدِيدَةِ and answer the following questions.

Easy Arabic News Questions (26) Read the article فَشَلُ مَكَارْثِيَ فِي اِنْتِخَابَاتِ رِئَاسَةِ مَجْلِسِ النُّوَّابِ الْأَمْرِيكِيّ and answer the following questions.

Attached pronouns in Arabic are the pronouns that we attach to verbs, nouns, prepositions, or particles. Generally speaking, pronouns in Arabic are separate, attached, or implicit (i.e. implied or not overt). The separate pronouns  in Arabic are similar to the subject pronouns found in most world languages in addition to the dual and feminine forms that exist in Arabic. As for …

Arabic is a right-to-left cursive language. This short e-book "Ibnulyemen Arabic Alphabet and Cursive Writing" typographically shows how the Arabic letters are connected to to form words. There are twenty-eight letters in Arabic. Each letter has four shapes: at the beginning of the word, in the middle of the word, at the end of the word, and in isolation. This, as a result, see…

This is a short e-book of eleven short stories written in simplified Arabic. The original versions of these stories were written by Kamel Kilani and Mohammed Al-Abrashi, both Egyptian writers. They are fairly long and meant for native speakers of Arabic. The wording and structures of these stories have been tweaked and simplified to make them suitable for (advanced) beginner le…

Attached pronouns in Arabic are pronominal suffixes; for each separate pronoun there is a corresponding attached pronoun. These pronominal suffixes are are attached to nouns, prepositions, and verbs. With nouns, they function as possessive pronouns. With preposition, they function as object of prepositions. With verbs, they function as either subjects or objects.  In the table …