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Lesson 4
Nominal Sentence
The Nominal Sentence or الجُملَة الإِسمِيَّة (Al-Jumla al-Ismiyyah) is a sentence that begins with an اِسم ism (nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs).
For example,
مُحَمَّدٌ طَبِيبٌ
Muhammad is a doctor.
الوَلَدُ حَزِينٌ
The boy is sad.
البِنتُ تَبكِي
The girl is crying.
هِيَ أَمرِيكِيَّةٌ
She is American.
Verb-Subject Agreement
In a nominal sentence, the verb agrees with the subject in both number and gender.
For example,
الطُّلَّابُ ذَهَبُوا
The students left
الأطِبَاءُ غَادَرُوا
The doctors left
More examples
هُمَا مُرَتَّبَانِ
They (both) are tidy.
هِيَ مُحَامِيَةٌ
She is a lawyer.
السَفَرُ مُمتِعٌ
Travelling is fun.
القِصَّةُ طَوِيلَةٌ
The story is long.
الدّواءُ ضرُورِيٌّ
Medicine is essential.
الأُمُّ تَرْعَى الأَطفَالَ
The mother takes care of the children.
Quiz Time!
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Is (ذَهَبَ المُدَرِّس) a nominal sentence?
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No
You have completed Lesson 4
You have learned the structure of the nominal sentence in Arabic.
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Learn the structure of the verbal sentence.
