Arabic grammar: How to identify the noun (ٱلْإسْم) in a sentence ?.

Arabic grammar:
How to identify
the noun (ٱلْإسْم) in a sentence ?.

1. Arabic grammar : How to identify the noun ( ٱلْإسْم ) in a sentence ?.

2. If you don’t know the meaning of the words of a sentence, it will be not easy to identify the noun. With 4 hints, you are going to be more comfortable to distinguish the noun from the verb.

3. Hint 1: noun carries tanween Contrarily to verb ( ٱلْفِعْل ) , The ٱلْإسْم can carry the tanween : it mean the noun can carry double fathah , or double dammah or double kasrah in the last letter of the word. Example: غُلاَ مٌ غُلاَ ماً غُلاَ مٍ

4. Hint 2: noun carries the ٱل Contrarily to verb ( ٱلْفِعْل ), The ٱلْإسْم can carry ٱل in the beginning of the word to transform the noun from indefinite noun to definite noun. Example: غُلاَمٌ + ٱل = ٱلْ غُلاَمُ the young boy هِرٌّ + ٱل = ٱلْ هِرٌّ the cat

5. Hint 3: noun can carries ة Contrarily to verb ( ٱلْفِعْل ) , The ٱلْإسْم can carry التَّاء ٱلْمَرْبُوطَة ( ة ) in the end of the word to indicate the feminine gender. Example: لَذِيذَ ة ( delicious)

6. Hint 4: noun can be precede by preposition Contrarily to verb ( ٱلْفِعْل ) , The ٱلْإسْم can be precede by preposition like: إِلَى (to ). In this case the noun carries kasrah Example: ذَهَبَ إِلَى ٱلسُّو قِ He went to the market.

7. Practice 1: identify the nouns in the following sentence. رَجَعَ ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلصَّالِحُ مِنَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ The righteous man returned from the mosque ٱل رَّجُلُ : is noun because it carries ٱل ٱل صَّالِحُ : is noun because it carries ٱل ٱلْ مَسْجِدِ : is noun because it carries kasrah after the preposition مِنَ (from).And, it carries ٱل .

8. Practice 2: identify the nouns in the following sentence. رَأَيْتُ طَائِرًا جِمِيلاً فِي ٱلْقَفَصِ. I saw a beautiful bird in the cage. طَائِ رًا : is noun because it carries tanween . جِمِي لاً : is noun because it carries tanween . ٱل ْقَفَصِ : is noun because it carries ٱل

9. Identify the nouns in the following sentences and explain why. 1 . رَجَعَ ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلصَّالِحُ مِنَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ 2 رَأَيْتُ طَائِرًا جِمِيلاً فِي ٱلْقَفَصِ.

10. Answers رَجَعَ ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلصَّالِحُ مِنَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱل رَّجُلُ : is noun because it carries ٱل ٱل صَّالِحُ : is noun because it carries ٱل ٱلْ مَسْجِدِ : is noun because it carries kasrah after the preposition مِنَ (from).And, it carries ٱل . 2 رَأَيْتُ طَائِرًا جِمِيلاً فِي ٱلْقَفَصِ . طَائِ رًا : is noun because it carries tanween . جِمِي لاً : is noun because it carries tanween . ٱل ْقَفَصِ : is noun because it carries ٱل

11. Translate the following sentences ذَهَبَ إِلَى ٱلسُّو قِ رَأَيْتُ طَائِرًا جِمِيلاً فِي ٱلْقَفَصِ. رَجَعَ ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلصَّالِحُ مِنَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ

12. Answers ذَهَبَ إِلَى ٱلسُّو قِ He went to the market. رَأَيْتُ طَائِرًا جِمِيلاً فِي ٱلْقَفَصِ. I saw a beautiful bird in the cage رَجَعَ ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلصَّالِحُ مِنَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ The righteous man returned from the mosque