Part 3 – Chapter 4
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The verb رأى, يرى is perhaps the only truly irregular verb in the language. In the past tense it conjugates exactly like the verb بني, يبني However, in the present tense this verb has two peculiarities. The first is that the middle radical, the hamza, disappears completely. The second is that it ends in an…
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Below is a list in Arabic of some of the more common colors. Color Plural (M. and F.) Feminine Masculine Black سودٌ سَوْداءُ أَسْودُ White بيضٌ بَيْضاءُ أَبْيَضُ Red حُمرٌ حَمراءُ أَحمَرُ Green خُضرٌ خَضْراءُ أخْضَرُ Blue زُرْقٌ زرْقاءُ أَزْرَقُ Yellow صُفْرٌ صَفْراءُ أَصْفَرُ The masculine singular forms of the colors above have the…
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In Modern Standard Arabic the ordinal numbers are used to tell time. Although in colloquial Arabic, the cardinal numbers are usually used, in the media, the MSA forms are used so it is good to know them. Below is a review of telling time using MSA. The review is brief, but it should give you…