Five minutes with Arabic 'THE'

As Salaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullaahi Wa Barakatuhu




The answer for the question for the last post is here: Hint given was Opening of Qur'aan, i.e first surah first word after bismillaah, what it is? Al Hamdu...

Hamdun means 'PRAISE' .... so what does AL means? It means 'THE' and here it gives the sense of ALL, i.e The (All) praise belongs to Allaah.



Wait a minute! What happened to TANWEEN ? It is Al Hamdu and NOT Al Hamdun.

Answer is that AL and Tanween CAN NOT come together on the same word. It seems there is some enmity between them !!




So remember two important things about AL

1) 'AL' is enemy of every TANWEEN (no matter it is spoon or stick, i.e, un, an or in sound), they can not co-exist.

2) Whenever 'AL' enters a word it becomes MA'RIFAH (known, eg: The book)(It can never be NAKIRAH ).



Now keeping these two things in mind and example above, tell me how will you say the following things in Arabic:



THE BOOK

THE BED

THE PEN

THE SHIRT

THE CHAIR

THE MASJID

THE HOUSE

THE DOOR

THE MOTHER

THE FATHER

THE CAMEL



Do you find it difficult to remember, if so then try recollecting the hints! This should make it easy. If you are unable to recollect even now then visit the blog for quick refrence. But I am positive that, Insha Allaah, you will not need it! Do send your replies!