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Answers for lesson 10

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1 Change the singular to dual in the different cases


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2 Underline the dual nouns

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3- Translate (m./f.) to English

Allaah sets forth two parables to the people


The two Rak3as are long
The imaam (leader of Salah) read the two
Surahs in two nights
The two boys heard your (d. m) speech
We are sisters in (the path of) Allaah

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LESSON 11


The
Demonstrative
Pronouns (part 1)
1- The demonstrative pronouns
at something.
2-

are words that are used to point

in Arabic as in English they have three forms:

a- To point at something in the near distance.


b- To point at something in the far distance.
c- To point at a place.

b- The far
That m.s

That f.s

Those m.d
Those f.d

/
Those m / f.p

3-

9s
y7=?
s
or

y7s9'&

for dual far distance (


in the standard Arabic.

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This m.s

This f.s

These m.d
These f.d

or

a- The near

/
These m / f.p

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#xy
y


x
y
or

or
Gt
y
Iy

are rarely used

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for near distance all have " "at the beginning. This " "is to

) . We can also see these demonstratives


without the "". Ex.

attract the attention (

3t6t u t7tB I'& Fr'y


Lo! You are the ones who love them but they love you not

(
) */ ) y x o %!$# #s t

Who is he that can intercede with Him except with His Permission?

5-

for far distance all have

connected pronoun
talk to (

""

" " at the end. This ""

looks like the

but it is not a pronoun, it is just to show the one you

) , it is called ( ) . This " " comes in the Quraan

in different form depending on the gender and the number you are talking to.
Examples:
a-

: if you talk to a masculine singular about a masculine singular. But it

also commonly used even when talking to more than one.


b-

: if you talk to a dual singular about a masculine singular.

Ex. When prophet Yoosuf was talking to his two companions in the prison:
That is of that which my Lord has taught me.

c-

4 n1u _y=t $ $y39s

if you talk to a masculine plural about a feminine singular.

Ex. When the believers were told about the paradise


t=ys? G. $y/ $yGO& yf9$# 3=? r& (#u
And it will be cried out to them: "That is the Paradise which you have inherited
for what you used to do."

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6- In the translated copies of Quraan, the Demonstratives Pronouns for far


distance are sometimes translated to English as if they were for near distance,
as it is not a literal translation but only an interpretation on meaning.
7- The letter

" " in

is called of distance

of the Demonstrative pronoun.

( ) and not a part

8- When we do the conjugation for the Demonstrative pronouns, we will


consider the mark

for 9s , the mark for 7=? and for

y7s9'& as the letters

and are only suffixes to the Demonstrative

pronouns not original letters in them.


far

There

c- Demonstratives
for the place

near
y79$u

Here

$uy


Demonstrative of place for near distance can be

or
with " " at the beginning and this last is the one that
9-

appeared in the Quraan.

So no friend has he here this Day

xq $uy tu9$# s9 }n=s

Demonstrative of place for far distance can be




with " " of distance and at the end and this


or

10-

last is the one that appeared in the Quraan..

#Yx Z#t9 (#99u 9$# u?G/$# y79$u


There, the believers were tried and shaken with a mighty shaking.

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WRITING RULES
These Demonstrative pronouns are written in the standard Arabic without
the long vowel Alif seen in the Quran script and represented by the short
Alif, but we still pronounce them with aa.
7s9'&

9s

Iy

xy

#xy


)
(

(Ulaaika, Dhaalika, haaulaai, haadhaani, haadhihi, haadhaa)


Also

has a long vowel Alif after and is pronounced (haadhayn) but

it did not come in the Quraan that is why it has no Quraan script


the
- The Small Zero ( ' ) found
letter
on

waaw
in y7s9' &, means that

this letter should not be pronounced at all. We notice that this waaw is also
appearing in the standard Arabic
and still we do not pronounce it at
all. We read it ulaaika not oolaaika

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Conjugation of the demonstrative pronouns




are of two types:



1-
of one form : their ends remain the same at any position

)
in the sentence like the pronouns: (

In conjugation

2-



for dual: they have the same conjugation of dual nouns.

(
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1- Demonstrative pronouns of one form

This is (will be) a Day of


Decision! We have brought
(gathered) you and the men
of old together.
The chiefs of the people of
Fir'3awn said: " Indeed this is
a well-versed sorcerer "

And (remember) when


Ibraaheem said, "My Lord,
make this city (Makkah) a
safe place


" :




"

Then Allaah will accept after


that the repentance of whom
He wills. And Allaah is OftForgiving, Most Merciful

Then he (Shaytaan) said:


"Your Lord did not forbid you
this tree save you should
become angels or become of
the immortals."

" :



"

z $t3s? r& s3n=t $t3s? r& H) tyf9$#

!$# m =?

" :

"

t9F{$#u /3ousd ( x 9$# t #xy


#xy ) tt s% _|y9$# t$s%
=t s|s9
#$s#t/ #xy y_$# b>u t/) t$s% )u
$Y#u
t 4n?t 9s t/ . !$# >Gt O
m x !$#u 3 !$to

y t $y3/u $y38ut $t t$s%u

t$#s:$#

These are the limits of Allaah


(set by Allaah)
But if he cannot afford it, he
should observe Sawm (fasts)
three days during the Hajj
and seven days after his
return (to his home), those
are ten days in all.
Verily! These (disbelievers)
love the present (life of this
world), and put behind them
a heavy Day.

dkpt:$# 5$r& sWn=rO $us gs 9 ys

Those are the party of


Shaitaan. Verily, it is the
party of Shaitaan that will be
the losers.

z>m ) Ir& 4 s9$# >m y7s9'&

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's#%x. u|t y7=? 3 Fy_u #s) >y7yu


txtu s's#_$y9$# t7t Iy )
W)rO $Yt u!#uu

ts:$# s9$#

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can come in different position in the sentence:

In line 1

*The long vowel is a type of Sukoon.

In line 8

Important comment



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In line 5
Notice that the demonstrative pronoun

( singular feminine) came to point to

( plural) that is due to the following rule:

- A plural of a non-human (object or animal) is treated as


i.e. the pronouns, the demonstratives, the adjectives of feminine


singular will be used before and after it.

)
(Plural of
)


(Plural of cat )
(Plural of

- This rule is applied all the time in the standard Arabic but obviously
in the Quran you can see some exceptions for that rule, e.g. the nonhuman plural is treated as a feminine plural in some verses.
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In line 2

*It is a letter of emphasizing that has no role in the conjugation. It sometimes

appears before

) ( command verb
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In line 3

(a second

* Some verbs can have two objects and sometimes three.

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:

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*.
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Or

*Important comment
We studied before about
that it is
with

- as the case here - the

previously in page 49)

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but if the

will be


is preceded

as mentioned

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Exercises


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1- How these words are written in the standard Arabic?

Standard Arabic Qur'aanic script


#xy
y

xy
tGy

Iy
9s

y7s9'&

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2- translate (m./f.) and put (m. /f.) the marks


1- This is my father and that is my mother
2- Those are the party of Allaah
3- That is the great book

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4- These are signs of the creator

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3- Put (m. /f.) a line under the demons. of one form and translate (m. /f.)

7
y 9s ' & u (

/n i
W

4 ?n
t 7
y 9s ' &

s= 9$#
7
9 #$ =
Gt 3
9 #$ M
t #u 7
y = ?

4 !
#$




x 9 #$
9 s



t
%s
I
y
) * >
b t t

#$ %s $t
!

y (
3
/n i u h /t 6
? u $! _
y
%s

Indeed

( Zt#u 6s9
7 s


) #!
x
y
) #( 9 $%s u

b>tt is formed of two words ( O my Lord), in the Quraan we often see

the pronoun removed from the word when it comes for supplication with a

kasrah under as a sign that was here.

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4- Put (m. /f.) the marks at the end of the words



Conjugate (m./f.) the words

/

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7 7
) #!
x
y

:
:

:


y m
u u
3
/n i #

B
r 7
y 9 s

:

(alleviation)

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