This is the synopsis of the sixteenth lesson in Elementary Colloquial Arabic, which will be broadcast on Tuesday, October 3, at 5:15 pm by the P.B.S.
Adjectives:
Paragraph I The commonest forms of adjectives are three:
A
Big, Old; Small, little; Beautiful; Good, Well; Gentle Kind
Happy; Rich ; Poor; Few, Little; Honest
Verbs:
To be big ; to become small; to be poor; to be rich; to be few, etc.
B
Angry; Tired; Joyful; Thirsty; Lazy; sick, ill; (for persons only: cold; warm)
Note: The adjective is placed after the noun which it qualifies, and agrees with it in gender, number and definition.
The above is the masculine form of the adjective, the Feminine is formed by adding the Feminine sign.
C The third form has an Alif prefixed to the radical letters as:
Exercise XI
Translate the following into Arabic or English as the case requires.
1. Good Morning (male) are you well today? Praise to God, am very well, thank you.
2. Will you, please, take this chair to my mother?
No, I can not take it, I am ill.
3. Who is the man who was with you last night (yesterday in the night).
4. What do they do there? They write to their mother.
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