Isms: Lesson 1
Before we go to the next topic, we should know that generally there are 3 kinds of words in Arabic. They are: 1. Fi’l (verbs – eg: eat, go, begin) 2. Ism (nouns – eg: cat, house, rat) 3. Harf (words that make no sense unless another word is added to it – eg: it, is, the, a) So far we learned something about Fi’ls (verbs). Fi’ls will be detailed in upcoming lessons In Sha Allah but for now we are going to start with Isms (nouns). The first thing we should know about isms, is that each ism has 4 properties. These are like the ‘4 wheels’ of an ism. The 4 properties are: 1. Status 2. Number 3. Gender 4. Type We will be learning about each property separately so that we are clear about all 4 properties. So today, we will be learning about the first property which is, ‘status’. Whenever we hav...