Arabic Definite Article – اَلْ The Arabic Definite Article – Alif Laam – which corresponds to ‘The’ in English.
Continued …
- 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 |