(٥) الدرسُ الخامسُ - Lesson 5

In this part of lesson No. 5 we will Insha Allah (God Willing) learn about the following things:

  1.  Vocative Particle: A word that is used for calling someone is called vocative particle and is called حَرْفُ النِّدَاءِ   or simply النِّدَاءِ  in Arabic language usually it is "يَا" The word followed by the vocative particle is called الْمَنَادِي and it takes the nominative case. However it takes only one dhammah whether it is definite or indefinite e.g., in order to call a boy it is said يَا وَلَدُ and not يَا وَلَدٌ.

  • Carefully read the following text and take a particular look of the vowel endings of the words:

 اللهُ: يا اللهُ

 Allah: O Allah

 أُستاذٌ: يا أُستاذُ  A Teacher: O teacher
 عبّاسٌ: يا عبّاسُ  Abbas: O Abbas  شيخٌ: يا شيخُ  A Shaikh: O shaikh
 رجلٌ: يا رجلُ  A Man: O Man  ياسرٌ: يا ياسرُ  Yasir: O Yasir
 عمـّارٌ: يا عمّـارُ  Ammar: O Ammar  دكْتُورٌ: يا دكْتـُورُ  A doctor: O doctor
 خالدٌ: يا خالدُ  Khalid: O Khalid  عليٌ: يا عليُ  Ali: O Ali