Basic Arabic Grammar (Nahwu) Quiz: 12 Verified Questions | Arabi

Question 1

In the science of nahwu, the Arabic word (kalimah) is divided into three types. What are these three types?

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Noun (ism), verb (fi'il), and particle (harf)

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Noun (ism), subject (mubtada), and predicate (khabar)

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Verb (fi'il), doer (fa'il), and object (maf'ul)

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Nominative (marfu'), accusative (manshub), and genitive (majrur)

Question 2

The word (كِتَابٌ), which means "a book", belongs to which type of word in Arabic?

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Noun (ism)

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Particle (harf)

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Verb (fi'il)

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Detached pronoun (dhamir munfashil)

Question 3

Which of the following words is a verb (fi'il)?

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كَتَبَ (he wrote)

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بَيْتٌ (house)

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فِي (in)

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هُوَ (he)

Question 4

Based on tense, the Arabic verb (fi'il) is divided into three kinds. What are these three kinds?

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Past (madhi), present (mudhari'), and command (amr)

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Past (madhi), present (mudhari'), and prohibition (nahi)

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Intransitive (lazim), transitive (muta'addi), and command (amr)

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Built (mabni), declinable (mu'rab), and passive (majhul)

Question 5

One sign that distinguishes a noun (ism) from a verb and a particle is its ability to accept a certain marker. Which of the following markers is exclusive to the noun?

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Accepting tanwin (as in رَجُلٌ)

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Being prefixed with (سَـ) to indicate the future

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Being preceded by (قَدْ) for emphasis

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Being preceded by (لَمْ) for negation

Question 6

I'rab is the change in the final vowel of a word due to its differing position in the sentence. How many main states of i'rab are there in Arabic?

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Four states: rafa', nashab, jar/khafadh, and jazm

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Two states: nominative (marfu') and genitive (majrur)

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Three states: nominative (marfu'), accusative (manshub), and genitive (majrur)

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Five states, including emphasis (taukid)

Question 7

In the sentence (ذَهَبَ مُحَمَّدٌ), which means "Muhammad went", the word (مُحَمَّدٌ) functions as the doer (fa'il). What is the i'rab state and final marker of (مُحَمَّدٌ)?

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Nominative (marfu') with a dhammah marker

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Accusative (manshub) with a fathah marker

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Genitive (majrur) with a kasrah marker

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Jussive (majzum) with a sukun marker

Question 8

A noun preceded by a preposition (harf jar, such as مِنْ, فِي, عَلَى) will be in which i'rab state?

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Genitive (jar)

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Nominative (rafa')

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Accusative (nashab)

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Jussive (jazm)

Question 9

In the sentence (إِنَّ اللهَ غَفُورٌ), meaning "Indeed Allah is Most Forgiving", the particle (إِنَّ) affects the noun after it. What is the i'rab state of (اللهَ) after (إِنَّ)?

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Accusative because it is the noun of (إِنَّ)

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Nominative because it is the subject (mubtada)

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Genitive because it is preceded by a particle

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Jussive because it is made jussive by (إِنَّ)

Question 10

The present verb (يَفْعَلُ) becomes jussive (majzum) when preceded by certain jussive particles. Which of the following particles makes the present verb jussive?

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لَمْ (a jussive particle)

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لَنْ (an accusative particle)

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أَنْ (an accusative particle)

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سَوْفَ (a future particle)

Question 11

Some words are mabni (fixed, their final vowel does not change), and some are mu'rab (changing according to their position). Which group is entirely mabni?

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Particles, the past verb, and the command verb

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Singular nouns such as (رَجُلٌ)

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The present verb such as (يَكْتُبُ)

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A noun preceded by a preposition

Question 12

In the sentence (رَأَيْتُ الطَّالِبَيْنِ), meaning "I saw the two students", the word (الطَّالِبَيْنِ) is dual (mutsanna) and functions as the object (maf'ul bih). What is the accusative marker for a dual noun?

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The letter ya' (ي)

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Fathah

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The letter alif (ا)

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Kasrah

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