🇸🇦 Arabic
العربية • Arabic
Big idea: Definiteness + Idāfa (construct phrases): practice + mini‑quiz
Practice the big idea with drills and a longer quiz based on real examples.
The definite article الـ
Add الـ to make a noun definite (‘the’).
- كتاب = book / a book
- الكتاب = the book
هذا كتاب.
hatha kitab
This is a book.
هذا الكتاب.
hatha al-kitab
This is the book.
Idāfa (X of Y)
Two nouns together often mean ‘X of Y’. The first noun is the thing, the second is the owner/descriptor.
- بيت الطالب = the student's house
- باب البيت = the door of the house
بيت الطالب
bayt at-talib
the student's house
باب البيت
bab al-bayt
the door of the house
Drills
Choose definite/indefinite
___ كتاب
___ كتاب
Explanation
Without الـ, it’s indefinite/generic.
Choose definite/indefinite
___ كتاب
___ كتاب
Explanation
الكتاب = the book.
Mini‑quiz
Mini-quiz
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Which means ‘the book’?