Lesson 63 – الدَّرْسُ الثّالِثُ والسِّتُّونَ

Transitive verbs over two objects/đhanna/ and its sisters - الأفعال التي تَنْصِب مَفْعُولَيْنِ "ظَــنَّ، وَأَخَوَاتُـها"

Introduction - مُقَدِّمَةٌ

  • This is lesson sixty three of our free Arabic language course. This Arabic course with images and audios will help you learn Arabic.
  • In this lesson we will learn a new type of the Arabic verbs, known as /đhanna/ and its sisters (ظَـنَّ وَأَخَواتُها) In-Sha'a-Allah. 
  • We will also learn their characteristics. This type of verb is divided into two categories:
    (1) Verbs of Affectivity (
    أفْعال القُلُوب /afξāl al-qulūb/), such as عَلِمَ (to know) and ظَنَّ (to think, believe, suppose):

Example

Verb

English

Arabic

I know truthfulness is refuge

عَلِمْتُ الصِّدْقَ مَنْجَاةً

/ξalimtu aŝ ŝidqa manĵātan/

عَلِمَ

/ξalima/

I thought the speaker was a man

ظَنَنْتُ المُتَحَدِّثَ رَجُلاً

/đhanantu al mutaħaddiθa raĵulan/

ظَنَّ

/đhanna/

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Example

Verb

English

Arabic

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The student transformed his book into papers

جَعَلَ الطَّالِبُ كِتَابَهُ أَوْرَاقًا

/ĵaξala aŧ ŧâlibu kitābahu awrâqan/

جَعَلَ

/ĵaξala/

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The father took (considered) his son as a friend

اِتَّخَذَ الأَبُ اِبْنَهُ صَدِيقًا

/ittakhadha al abu ibnahu ŝadīqan/

اِتَّخَذَ

/ittakhadha/