Drill 2 – Nominative Case

Complete this drill after reading all the sections in Unit 1, Chapter 1.

Drill 2: Answer the questions below. In your answers, if a word should be in the nominative case, write in the appropriate nominative case marker indicating the presence or absence of nunation. (Do not include case on proper nouns.) Sample answers, notes and translations of each question below are provided in the Answer Key below.

من أنتَ؟

(1

من أين أنت؟

(2

من أين سليم؟

(3

من أين نبيلة؟

(4

أين الكتاب؟

(5

أين المدرّسة؟

(6

من أين الطالب؟

(7

من أين الطالبة؟

(8

من المدير هنا؟

(9

من أين هذه المدرّسة؟

(10

من أين ذلك الأستاذ؟

(11

Drill 2 Answer Key. Below is a table with the answers to Drill 2. Each question is translated, answered, and the answer is then translated. The answers are examples; yours will probably differ. Case endings have been included on the questions and answers (excluding answers with proper nouns such as names and country names).

Question

 

Translation

 

Sample
Answer

 

Translation

من أنتَ؟

(1

Who are you?  

أنا خالد.

(1

I am Khalid.

من أين أنتَ؟

(2

Where are you from?  

أنا من السودان.

(2

I am from Sudan.

من أين سليم؟

(3

Where is Salim from?  

سليم من بيروت.

(3

Saliim is from Beirut.

من أين نبيلة؟

(4

Where is Nabila from?  

نبيلة من توتس.

(4

Nabila is from Tunis.

أين الكتابُ؟

(5

Where is the book?  

الكتابُ هنا.

(5

The book is here.

أين المدرّسةُ؟

(6

Where is the teacher (f)?  

المدرّسةُ في البيتِ.

(6

The teacher is at home. (The genitive case is taught in Chapter Two.

من أين الطالبُ؟

(7

Where is the student (m.) from?  

الطالبُ من اليمن.

(7

The student (m) is from Yemen.

من أين الطالبةُ؟

(8

Where is the student (f) from?  

الطالبةُ من عُمان.

(8

The student (f) is from Oman.

من المديرُ هنا؟

(9

Who is the director here?  

سمير هو المدير هنا.

(9

Samir is the director here. (The هو is called a pronoun of separation. See Chapter Three.

من أين هذه المدرّسة؟

(10

Where is this teacher (f) from?  

هذه المدرّسةُ من أبو ظبي.

(10

This teacher (f) is from Abu Dhabi.

من أين ذلك الأستاذ؟

(11

Where is that professor (m) from?  

ذلك الأستاذُ من دُبَيْ.

(11

That professor is from Dubai.

 

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