(٧) الْدَرْسُ الْسَابِعُ - Lesson 7

In this lesson we will learn the following:

  • The pronoun تِلْكَ which means "That" and is used for the feminine nouns. This pronoun is called demonstrative pronoun in English Grammar and اِسْم إشَارَةٍ in Arabic Grammar. Tilka is used to refer to the objects which are farther in the same way as Hadhihi is used to refer to the closer objects representing the feminine nouns. e.g.,  

Arabic:

Transliteration:

English:

تَلْكَ مُدَرِسَةٌ

Tilka Mudarisatun

That is a lady teacher

تِلْكَ حَقِيْبَةٌ Tilka Haqueebatun

That is a bad

  • When a definite article "al" precedes a solar letter (the letters with which lam of the definite article "al" is not pronounced), the letter lam of "al" is dropped and its assimilation is shown by a diacritical mark ' ' which is known as "Shadda" e.g.,

Translation: Transliteration: Arabic:
A doctor Tabeebun طَبِيْبٌ

Indefinite Noun

The doctor At-tabeebu

الْطَّبِيْبُ

Definite Noun
A fish Samakun

سَمَكٌ

Indefinite Noun

The fish As-samaku

الْسَّمَكُ

Definite Noun