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Arabic grammar A1 · Lesson 2 of 4

The nominal sentence

Arabic has no verb for is in the present: means the house is big. A sentence that starts with a noun is a nominal sentence: a subject () and a predicate ().

The subject is usually definite and the predicate indefinite: , the weather is nice. With both definite, it is a phrase, not a sentence: means the nice weather.

A pronoun can be the subject: , , . The predicate agrees with it in gender and number.

Examples

  • البيت كبير.
  • الجو حار اليوم.
  • أنا طالب.
  • هي طبيبة.
  • المدينة جميلة.
The full rule on the grammar page