DAY 4 PARTS OF SPEECH AND ITS FORMS

A word with a proper meaning or sense is known as “Part of Speech” or Kalema (كلمة)” in Arabic. It is of three types:

1.  Noun (Known as Ism  “سم ٳ” )
2. Verb (Known as “فعل” )
3. Preposition (known as “حرف”)

1.        Noun (Ism  “سم ٳ” )

Noun (Ism “سم ٳ”) is that meaningful word which is not dependent on any other word for its explanation and it should not contain any of three “time reference (tense)”.

Examples:

رجلٌ  - A man

ضربٌ – Beating or strike (noun)

طيبٌ  - Good or nice

هُوَ    - He

ٲنَا    - I

2.        Verb (“فعل” )

A  Verb (“فعل”) is that meaningful word in which some work is understood to be carried out and it should contain one of three tense (Zamana) namely past present and future.
Examples:

ضَرَبَ – He beat or he hit (past tense)

ذَهَبَ   - He went (past tense)

يَذْهَبُ – He goes or He will go (present tense)

3.        Preposition (known as “حرف”)

Preposition (known as “حرف”) is that word which cannot be understood without addition of noun (Ism “سم ٳ”) or Verb (“فعل”).

Examples:

مِنْ   - from

عَلٰى  - On or over

في  - in or inside

إلىٰ  - to or towards