Please read the sentences below. After
completing the sentences we shall go over the rules for this lesson. In Part 1
of Lesson 1 we learn how to use the pronoun هـٰذاwhich
means 'This' (called the demonstrative pronoun in grammar). haadhaa is
pronounced هَاذَاbut
is written without the first alif. The second word is the noun
(object) being referred to e.g. بَيْتٌmeans
house.
Please click on the words or pictures to hear
speech, i.e. how the words should be pronounced.
Arabic has no word which
is equal to the English word "is" which is referred to as a copula in
grammar. We can see this rule demonstrated above where we see the
words for هـٰذا
and the noun/object
مَسْجِد
being referred to without any copula. i.e. هـٰذا
مَسْجِدٌ. If read literally this sentence would read "This
Mosque", however, the word "is" can be implied in this
sentence so that it reads "This is a Mosque"
There is no word in Arabic corresponding to "a" in
English as in: "This is a book". The n-sound, i.e. the tanween
(doubled vowel sign) at the end of the Arabic noun
(kitabu-n,
baitu-n,
masjidu-n)
is the Arabic indefinite article corresponding to
the English "a/an".
Please click on the button for part 2 below to
move onto the next section where we will practise this principle further
Insha'Allah.
لجنة التعريف
بالإسلام - الكويت - الصالحية - مسجد الملا صالح - هاتف :2444117 -
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