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Table 2.27: verb(V), subject(S) and object(O)
Arabic
Gloss drank Khalid the-milk
English Translation Khalid drank the milk.
ˇsrb h ˘ āld āllbn
2.5. SUMMARY
Another possible word order is to start with the subject, i.e. SVO, such as in Table 2.28
Table 2.28: subject(S), verb(V) and object(O)
Arabic hāld ˇsrb āllbn
˘
Gloss Khalid drank the-milk
English Translation Khalid drank the milk.
Another possible, but more restricted, word order is VOS, such as in Table 2.29
Table 2.29: verb(V), object(O) and subject(S)
Arabic
ˇsrbh h ˘ āld
Gloss drank it Khalid
English Translation Khalid drank it
The OVS word order is perfectly acceptable in Classical Arabic but no longer occurs in
MSA (Attia 2008).
2.4.3 Clause
A clause in Arabic may be simple or complex. A complex clause is formed by conjoining
two simple clauses by subordinating conjunction, such as in Table 2.30.
Table 2.30: Two simple clauses by subordinating conjunction
Arabic
English Khalid drank the milk before he went to school.
2.5 Summary
ˇsrb hāld āllbn qbl ֓an ydhb ֓ilā ālmdrsh
˘ ¯
We have shown that Arabic is a language of increasing importance in the modern world.
As a language it is fundamentally different from European languages and has many
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