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- Question 1: Your logic is sound, in Arabic, it's strange to open a statement with a pronoun, unless it's referring to something previously mentioned, so we use "إن" "inna" as a starter, for example: إنه الليل = it's night إنها تمطر = it's raining Note: we don't say "إنها الليلة" , the word "ليلة" means "a night", i.e. a single night, so it's used to refer to a specific night, but when we say 'night" to express the general meaning of night, we use the masculine form "الليل", for example: إنه الليل = it's night جاء الليل = the night has come سأقابلك الليلة = I'll meet you "this night" / I'll meet you tonight. ----------------------------------------------- Question 2: The pronoun ALWAYS follows the topic in gender, you can never break this rule, however, in the example you gave: اسمك غريب. هل هي نكتة؟ the sentence is actually correct, because the pronoun here isn't referring to the word "اسمك" (which is masculine), the pronoun "هى" is referring to the situation itself, in other words, you're saying : "Your name is strange. is this a joke (i.e. is this situation/statement/action a joke) .... so the gender of the topic didn't change, but the topic itself is different, hence the change in gender, I hope it's clear to you.0 votedNovember 8, 20161
- الأصل فى العربية : ما أخذت = بمعنى "لم آخذ" (ما: نافية) فى العامية المصرية تحور الأصل (ما فعلت) إلى : مافعلتش (للمخاطب المذكر وللمتكلم عمومًا) مافعلتيش (للمخاطب المؤنث) مافعلش / مافعلشى (للغائب المذكر) مافعلِتْش (للغائب المؤنث) فى العامية المصرية بصفة عامة حرف "ذ" يتحول إلى "د" والهمزات عادة تخفف ، فتصبح: ما أخذت = ما - اخدت - تش = ماخدتش أمثلة أخرى: ما أكلت = ما - اكلت - تش = ماكلتش (لم آكل) ما رجعت = ما - رجعت - تش = مارجعتش (لم أرجع) ما سمعت = ما - سمعت - تش = ماسمعتش (لم أسمع) وهكذا... فى حالة المضارع، فى العامية المصرية نضيف "ب" قبل الفعل آخذ = باخد آكل = باكل أسمع = باسمع وللمستقبل، نضيف "ه" : هاكل = سوف آكل هاسمع = سوف أسمع والنفى فى الحالتين يكون بإضافة "مش" قبل الكلمة: مش باكل = لا آكل مش هاكل = لن آكل مش باسمع = لا أسمع مش هاسمع = لن أسمع مع مراعاة اختلاف الضمائر طبعًا مش هياكل = لن يأكل (غائب مذكر) مش هتاكل = لن تأكل (مخاطب مذكر وغائب مؤنث) مش هتاكلى = لن تأكلى (مخاطب مؤنث) مش هاكل = لن آكل (متكلم) مش هناكل = لن نأكل (متكلمين) مش هياكلو = لن يأكلوا (غائب جمع) مش هتاكلو = لن تأكلوا (مخاطب جمع) هذه قاعدة تصريف الأفعال فى العامية المصرية بصفة عامة....0 votedOctober 29, 20161
- You are wrong, it's used everywhere throughout the Quran. What I think you might be asking about is why sometimes it's written as an "alef" without the "hamzah" like this: ( ا ) . The reason is in Arabic you have 2 kinds of "hamza", called همزة القطع hamzat al-qat' (the breaking hamzah) and همزة الوصل hamzat al-wasl (the connecting hamza) , The "breaking hamzah" is when the hamzah is pronounced clearly, cutting the flow of sound, this is when the hamzah is written above or under the alef depending on the vowel ( أ \ إ ) , the "connecting hamzah" is when the hamzah is not pronounced, allowing the sounds to connect together, and this type of hamzah is not written, only the Alef ( ا ) is written in this case, example: فارتقب يوم تأتى السماء بدخان مبين The word "تأتى" has a "breaking hamzah", it's pronounced (Ta' - ti ) , the hamzah sound creates a momentary stop in the middle of the word, it "breaks" the flow. But the word "فارتقب" has a "connecting hamza", so instead of pronouncing it like the first one ( Fa - 'Irtaqib ) , we connect the sounds ignoring the hamzah, so it is pronounced ( fartaqib ). This is the reason you will see the hamzah unwritten, it's because it's the "connecting hamzah".0 votedOctober 3, 20161
You wrote it wrong, it should be:
بيت الملك الكبير
The sentence has nothing to do with tanween, and it can never have tanween in either word, because tanween never applies to a definite word (if the noun begins with "الـ" it's a definite noun, it can never get tanween).
When the words have no "tashkeel" (vowel marks َ ِ ُ ) we know the meaning through the context, as native speakers, we never really depend on vowel marks, I can know what it should be, and pronounce it correctly without them being written, but it would be more difficult for a non-native, so try to use the vowel marks so you wouldn't be confused.
0 votedAugust 15, 20161- Egyptian dialect: General rule: in Egyptian dialect, the letter ق is pronounced as "hamzah" "ء" so for example, فوق is pronounced "فوء", so always apply that to all the words فى = فى على = على تحت = تحت فوق = فُوق (but ) خلف \ وراء = ورا معاكس \ مقابل = عكس \ قُدّام (Again, pronounce ء instead of ق) بين = بِين حول = حوالِين وسط = وِسْط بمحاذاة = بحِذا عبر \ خلال = من \ فى (depends on the context) أعلى = فُوق أسفل = تحت أدنى = أوْطَى من = من إلى = لـِ باتجاه = ناحيِة قريب = قُرَيِّب بعيد = بِعيد هذا \ ذلك = دَه هذه \ تلك = دِى هذان \ هاتان \ هؤلاء \ ذانك \ تانك \ أولئك = دُول هنا = هِنا هناك = هِناك لى = ليّا لكَ = لِيك لكِ = لِيكى له = لُه لها = لِيها لنا = لِينا لكما، لكم، لكن = لِيكو \ لِيكم لهما، لهم، لهن = لِيهم و = وِ ثم = بعدِين حتى : depends on the meaning, if it's meant as "until" = لِحَدّ" , if it's meant for causation, it's = عَشان \ عَلَشان أو = أو أم = ولّا بل \ لكن = لكن \ بَسّ ف = ف أثناء = عُقْبال \ عُبال إذًا = يِبْقَى \ بالتالى بالإضافة إلى = كَمان بالرغم من = رَغْم \ مع إنّ بدون = مِن غِير بعد = بعد ثانية = تانِى شئ = حاجة أكثر واحد = أكتر واحد علاوة على ذلك = وِكَمان \ وِغِير كِده على نفس النمط = بنفس الطريقة قبل كل شئ = قبل كل حاجة \ قبل أى حاجة كلا = لأ لأن = لإنّ لذا = عَشان كِده لكى = عَشان ليس فقط = مِشْ بَسّ \ مُشْ بَسّ لكن أيضًا = وِكَمان منذ = مِن مع = معْ0 votedAugust 15, 20161
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