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Arabic Definite Article – اَلْ The Arabic Definite Article – Alif Laam – which corresponds to ‘The’ in English.
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- We will study some practical sentences using the definite article الْ which corresponds to ‘the’ in the English language In-Shā’-Allâh (God-Willing).
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The pen is broken. | الْقَلَمُ مَكْسُورٌ. |
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The door is open. | الْبَابُ مَفْتُوحٌ. |
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The boy is sitting and the teacher is standing. | الْوَلَدُ جَالِسٌ وَالْمُدَرَّسُ وَاقِفٌ. |
- We shall continue with some more practical sentences, please make an effort to memorise the words and common sentence structures.
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The book is new and the pen is old. | الْكِتَابُ جَدِيدٌ وَالْقَلَمُ قَدِيمٌ. |
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The donkey is small and the horse is big. | اَلْحِمَارُ صَغِيرٌ وَالْحِصَانُ كَبِيرٌ. |
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The chair is broken. | الْكُرْسِيٌّ مَكْسُورٌ. |
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The handkerchief is dirty. | الْمِنْدِيلُ وَسِخٌ. |
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The water is cold. | الْمَاءُ بَارِدٌ. |
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The moon is beautiful. | الْقَمَرُ جَمِيلٌ. |
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The house is near and the mosque is far away. | الْبَيْتُ قَرِيبٌ وَالْمَسْجِدُ بَعِيدٌ. |
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The stone is heavy and the paper is light. | الْحَجَرُ ثَقِيلٌ وَالْوَرَقُ خَفِيفٌ. |
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The milk is hot. | اللَّبَنُ حَارٌّ. |
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The shirt is clean. | الْقَمِيصُ نَظِيفٌ |