Day1:

WelcometoArabicclass.Fromnowon,youwillbegettinganemailsummarizingthematerialscoveredeachpreceding
day.Whynotgiveyouthismaterialaheadoftime?BecauseIamconvinceditismorehelpfultoyouasareviewaide
thanasaclassprepdocument.Pleasedontsharethesedocumentswithothersandkeepthemforyourownreference
asaclasstrust.
Aftergettingtheintroductorycommentsandmostofthechaosofclassregistrationoutoftheway,webeganour
journeyintotheArabiclanguage.Oursessioncanbedividedintothreemainparts:

PART1:THREEKINDSOFWORDSINARABIC
Fillthisoutbasedonthenotesyoutookinclass:

ANISMcouldbea

AFilisa

Andaisa

Webrieflystatedthatthe_____________(fillintheblanksfromnowon)hasfourproperties:

1.

2.

3.

4.

Wedidntgivedefinitionsforthesefourpropertiesbutratherjustlistedthemforfuturereference.

PART2:LABELLINGTHINGSR,N&J
Whenyoufindadoer,labelitwiththeletterR.AnotherwayoflookingatthelabelRisthatitanswersthequestion
Who/WhatdidtheFil?

WhenyoufindadetailinregardstotheFil,labelitwiththeletterN.AnotherwayoflookingatNisthatitanswerall
theadditionalquestionslikewho,what,where,when,how&why.Ifyouthinkofthefilhehelped,theNlabel
wouldgotoanswersofeachofthefollowingquestions:
Whodidhehelp?Wheredidhehelp?Howdidhehelp?Whendidhehelp?Whatdidhehelp?Whydidhehelp?

WhenyougetanywordinEnglishfallingafteranof,labelitwithaJ.SometimestheJisntobviousandyouhaveto
deduceit.Atfirstglance,thephraseyourcarhasnoJbutifIrephraseitasacarofyoursthenIcanseethatthe
wordyourdeservedthelabelJ.

CanyoufindalltheRs,NsandJsinthefollowingsentences?Theunderlinedwordsarefilsotheydontgetthese
labels.

The()studentswaited()outside()patiently()lastnight.
The()scholartaught()theattendeesof()theprogram()effectively.

The()economylost()momentum.

Wewentthroughthefollowingexercise: meanstaught.meansaman. meansaboy.Between

and,whicheveroneendswithanunsoundmustbethedoerofteaching.Therefore,translatethe

following:

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Basedonthisexercise,wenotedthatEnglishidentifiesthedoerbasedonsentencesequence.Inotherwords,
ifwesayBobhelpedJoe,thenBobisthedoerandifwesayJoehelpedBob,thenJoesthedoer.InArabic
ontheotherhand,itisntthesequencebutthewayawordsoundsatitsendthatdetermineswhetheritsthe
doer(R),thedetail(N)orafterof(J).

Atthispointinclasswetooksomenotes.Filloutthefollowingblanksusinghelpfromyournotes:

Status

Lesson1:ofStatus

RAFisthe

NASBisthe

JARRis

Lesson2:Status

a. ByEnding():U/UNfor________,A/ANfor__________andI/INfor______________.

b. ByEnding():Therearethreegroups.Eachgrouphas3members(aRafmember,ANasb
MemberandaJarrmember).Awordcaneitherhaveanending_________oranending________but
neverbothatthesametime.Youshouldalwayscheckforanending_________beforecheckingforan
ending____________.

MASCULINEGROUP:
OONA like standsforpluralraf

EENAlike standsforpluralnasb

EENA like standsforpluraljar

PAIRGROUP:

AANI like
standsfor2raf

AYNIlike
standsfor2nasb

AYNI like
standsfor2jarr

FEMININEGROUP:

AATUN like standsforpluralfem.raf

AATINlike
standsforpluralfem.nasb

AATIN like
standsforpluralfem.jarr

WepracticedidentifyingraffromnasbfromjarinformallybasedonrandomselectionsfromtheQuran.In
thepassagebelow,seeifyoucantellwhatstatuseachredwordis.Makesuretocheckforcombinationsfirst.

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