LinguaTwo nouns for “of”
Arabic says “of” by putting two nouns side by side: كِتَابُ الطَّالِبِ (kitābu ṭ-ṭālibi) – “the student’s book”. The first noun takes neither الـ nor tanwin; the second ends in -i and makes the whole phrase definite.
| Arabic | Meaning |
|---|---|
| بَابُ الْبَيْتِ | the door of the house |
| مَدِينَةُ الْقَاهِرَةِ | the city of Cairo |
| اِسْمُ الْمَطْعَمِ | the name of the restaurant |
| مُدِيرُ الْمَدْرَسَةِ | the headmaster (director of the school) |
When the first noun ends in ة, the hidden t is heard: جَامِعَةُ الْقَاهِرَةِ – jāmiʿatu l-Qāhira, “Cairo University”. A name can be the second noun too: غُرْفَةُ مُوسَى – “Musa’s room”.
دِمَشْقُ عَاصِمَةُ سُورِيَا.Damascus is the capital of Syria.
مَطْعَمُ الْجَامِعَةِ رَخِيصٌ.The university restaurant is cheap.
Words in this lesson
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| مَدِينَة | city, town | الْمَدِينَةُ كَبِيرَةٌ. The city is big. |
| جَامِعَة | university | الْجَامِعَةُ هُنَاكَ. The university is there. |
| عَاصِمَة | capital (city) | الْقَاهِرَةُ عَاصِمَةُ مِصْرَ. Cairo is the capital of Egypt. |
| بَلَد | country | لُبْنَانُ بَلَدٌ صَغِيرٌ. Lebanon is a small country. |
| مَطْعَم | restaurant | الْمَطْعَمُ قَرِيبٌ. The restaurant is near. |
| سُوق | market | فِي السُّوقِ in the market |
| اِسْم | name | اِسْمٌ جَدِيدٌ a new name |
| بَاب | door | بَاب بَيْت the door of a house |
| غُرْفَة | room | غُرْفَةُ مُدَرِّسٍ a teacher’s room |
| مُدِير | director, manager | مُدِيرُ الْمَدْرَسَةِ مَشْغُولٌ. The headmaster is busy. |
| الْقَاهِرَة | Cairo | الْقَاهِرَةُ مَدِينَةٌ كَبِيرَةٌ. Cairo is a big city. |
| دِمَشْق | Damascus | دِمَشْقُ مَدِينَةٌ قَدِيمَةٌ. Damascus is an old city. |
Exercises
This lesson has 11 exercises in the app:
- multiple choice: 3
- fill the gap: 3
- match the pairs: 1
- build the sentence: 1
- translate the sentence: 2
- listen and type: 1
Try the first one
Which word means “capital (city)”?
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