Chapter 3 - Madinah Arabic book 2

Comparative and Superlative Degrees -

• Both use the same word and are on the scale of أَفْعَلُ

• The same word is used for feminine, masculine, singular, and plural

Examples:

taller: أَطْوَلُ

tallest: أَطْوَلُ

more beautiful: أَجْمَلُ

most beautiful: أَجْمَلُ

Hamid is the tallest student: حميد اطول طالب

When followed by مِنْ, the word مِنْ is translated as than:

حميد أطول من فاطمة (Hamid is taller than Faatimah)

أنا أقصر منك (I am shorter than you*)

*remember that the pronoun **you (**ك) combines with مِنْ

The word وَلَكِنَّ

وَلَكِنَّ : but

وَلَكِنَّ is one of the sisters of إِنَّ and follows it’s grammatical rules**

Example:

بلال مجتهد ولكن حسن كسول : Bilal is hardworking, but Hasan is lazy

The word كَأنَّ

كَأنَّ is one of the sisters of إِنَّ and follows it’s grammatical rules**

كَأنَّ: looks as if/ looks like

Examples:

كَأنَّ الإمام مريض : It looks like the imam is sick

كَأنَّ هذه السيارة له : It looks as if the car is his

**see lesson 2

Numbers 11 – 19

ma’dud: the word a number is describing

a: Numbers 11 and 12

both parts of the number agree with the word (in gender)

example:

أحدَ عشرَ طالبًا : eleven (male) students

اثنتَا عشرةَ طبيبةً: twelve female doctors

b: Numbers 13 to 19

the second part agrees with the ma’dud (in gender) and the first does not

examples:

ثلاثة عشر طبيبا: thirteen (male) doctors

خمسة عشر طبيبا: fifteen (male) doctors

أربع عشرة طالبة: fourteen (female) students

c: Number 20

عشرون : twenty

This number is the same for both masculine and feminine

عشرون ولدا : twenty boys

عشرون طبيبة : twenty (female) doctors

The question : أليس كذلك

Isn’t it so? = أليس كذلك؟

Example:

انت طالبة اليس كذلك؟ : You are a student, isn’t that so?

The question: أَيُّهُمَا

أَيُّهُمَا = Which of the two?

Example:

هناك طالبان طويلان في الفصل. أيهما هو أخوك؟ : There are two tall students in the class. Which of the two is your brother?

New Words:

hotel: مهجع

hotels: مهاجع

star: كوكب

stars: كواكب

team: فريق

teams: فرقاء

full brother: شقيق

full borthers:أشقاق

spacious: واسع

price: ثمن

scholar: عالم

famous: شهير

month: شهر/شهور أو أشهر

player: لاعبٌ

players: لاعبون

in dream: في المنام

feminine form of كسلان :كسلى