The absolute object / المَفْعُول المُطْلَق
The absolute object (المَفْعُول المُطْلَق) is a repetition of the verb’s meaning without any temporal context. To express this, we use either a verbal noun/maṣdar…
Category: Arabic grammar: Upper-intermediate
Prepare for the intricate aspects of Arabic with our “Arabic Grammar: Upper-Intermediate” sub-category. The specialized posts in this section bridge the gap between intermediate and advanced levels, honing your proficiency and setting the stage for the complexities ahead.
The disambiguation (al-tamyīz) / التَمْيِيز
The term التَمْيِز al-tamyīz in Arabic, means ‘specification, discrimination, disambiguation’. Its presence might not always be needed for sentences, but it certainly helps clarify any…
The vocative / النِداء
The Arabic vocative particles serve as an invitation or a signal to warn the spoken-to to pay close attention and heed what the speaker is…
“Lā” of absolute negation / لا النافِية للجِنْس
Definition In Arabic, there are different types of “lā” (لا) as a negating particle, two of which are used with a verb in the imperfect…
Diptotes / الأَسْماء المَمْنُوعة مِنْ الصَرْف
Diptotes in Arabic are nouns that do not take a tanwīn (تَنْوِين) in the indefinite form (نَكِرة) and have a fatḥa instead of a kasra…
The passive verb / الفِعْل المَبْنِيّ لِلْمَجْهُول
To talk about the passive voice in Arabic, we use the word مَجْهول (unknown). The passive form is used when the performer of the action…
The five nouns / الأَسْماء الخَمْسة
The Arabic five nouns, are particular nouns that see their case vowels (fatḥa, ḍamma and kasra) become, respectively, letters ا and و and ي positioned…
The exception and the exclusivity / الاِسْتِثْناء والحَصْر
To express the exclusivity and the exception in Arabic we resort to a few words all meaning ‘except (for), excepting, with the exception of, apart…
The conditional sentence / الجُمْلة الشَرْطِيّة
The concept of the double sentence When it comes to Arabic conditional sentences, both Arabic and English have a twofold structure known as the double…
The adjectival patterns / أَنْماط الصِفات
There’s six different adjectival patterns in Arabic which are: We already spoke about the active and passive participles in the “augmented forms” part of the…