Introduction
Welcome to our new Arabic free course. In this lesson, we are going to study the indeclinable nouns – الْمَمْنُوْعُ مِنْ الصَّرْفِ in the Arabic language.
Dialogue
حَامدٌ طَبِيبٌ. زوجته مدرِّسَةٌ. اِسْمُهَا آمينةُ. حامدٌ لَهُ أَرْبَعَةُ أَبْنَاءٍ. هُمْ حَمْزَةُ و عُثْمَانُ و أَحْمَدُ و إِبْرَاهِيمُ. أحمدُ و حمزَةُ طالِبانِ. أحمدُ طالبٌ مُجْتَهِدٌ و حَمْزَةُ طالبٌ كَسْلانُ.
Hamid is a medical doctor. His wife is a teacher. Her name is Aminah. Hamid has four sons. There are Hamza, Uthman, Ahmad and Ibrahim. Ahmed and Hamza are both students. Ahmed is an assiduous student, and Hamza is a lazy student.
قَال يوسُفُ: عِنْدِي خَمْسَةُ أَقْلام : هَذا قلَمٌ أحمرُ, و هذا قَلَمٌ أَخْضَرُ, و هذا قَلَمٌ أَسْوَدُ, و هذا قَلَمٌ أَصْفَرُ.
Yusuf said: I have five pens. This is a red pen, this is a green pen, this is a black pen, and this is a yellow pen.
قَالَتْ زَيْنَبُ : عِنْدِي مَنَادِلُ كَثِيرةٌ. هذا أَبْيَضُ و هذا أَصفَرُ, و هذا أَحْمَرُ و هذا أزْرَقُ.
Zainab said: I have a lot of handkerchiefs. This is white, this is yellow, this is red, and this is blue.
قَالَتْ لَها فاطِمَةُ : أَ عِنْدَكِ مِندِيل أخضر ؟
Fatima told her: Do you have green handkerchiefs?
قَالت : لا. ما عِنْدِ منديلٌ أخضَرُ.
She said: No. I don’t have a green handkerchief.
قَالَ طَلْحَةُ : عِنْدِي مَفَاتِيحُ كَثِيرةٌ. هذا مِفْتَاحُ الغرفة, و هذا مفتاحُ الحقِيبَةِ و هذا مفتاحُ السيَّارَةِ.
Talha said: I have a lot of keys. This is the key to the room. This is the key to the garden, which is the key to the car.
قَال سُفْيَانُ: فِي بلدنا
و مَدَارِسُ كثِيرَةٌ و فَنادَقُ قَليلة.
Yusuf said: in our country, there are many mosques, schools and a few hotels.
أَهَؤُلاءِ أَطِبَّاءُ؟
Are these medical doctors?
لا. هم مُدَرِسُون. و هُم عُلَمَاءُ كِبَارٌ
No. They are teachers. And they are big scholars.
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Indeclinable nouns – الْمَمْنُوْعُ مِنْ الصَّرْفِ
The indeclinables nouns carry a fatha at the genitive case. And they never have a nunation (tanween).
- The non-Arabic proper names:
Examples:
إِبْرَاهِيْمُ – Ibrahim
حَمْزَةُ – Hamza
عُثْمَانُ – Uthman
أَحْمَدُ – Ahmed
يوسُفُ – Yusuf
طَلْحَةُ – Talha
- The feminine proper names:
Examples:
عَائِشَةُ – Aisha
زَيْنَبُ – Zaynab
فاطِمَةُ – Fatima
آمينةُ – Aminah
- the noun on the form أَفْعَل:
Examples:
أَحْمَدُ – Ahmed
أَبْيَضُ – white
أَصفَرُ – Yellow
أَحْمَرُ – red
أزْرَقُ – blue
- the noun ending with ان:
Examples:
كَسْلانُ – lazy
سُفْيَانُ – Sofian
- the plural noun on the form مَفَاعِلُ and مَفَاعِيلُ:
مَفَاتِيحُ – keys
مَساجِدُ – mosque
مَنادِيلُ – handkerchiefs
Conclusion
This Arabic free lesson is now completed. You have learned how to use:
- The indeclinable nouns in Arabic.
InshaAllah, we will study the indeclinable nouns at the genetive case in Arabic in the next lesson.
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