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 | /ξalimtu aŝ ŝidqa manĵātan/ | /ξalima/ |
| I thought the speaker was a man | ظَنَنْتُ المُتَحَدِّثَ رَجُلاً /đhanantu al mutaħaddiθa raĵulan/ | /đhanna/ |
- (2) Verbs of Transformation أفعال التَّحْوِيلِ وَالصَّيْرُورةِ /afξāl al-taħwīl or ŝayrūrah/ (which mean change or transformation from a state to another). Examples of such verbs include جَعَلَ (to make, cause to be or become, etc.) or any verb meaning change from one state to another and اِتَّخَذَ (to take, assume, take on, etc.):
| Picture | Example | Verb | |
| English | Arabic | ||
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| The student transformed his book into papers | جَعَلَ الطَّالِبُ كِتَابَهُ أَوْرَاقًا /ĵaξala aŧ ŧâlibu kitābahu awrâqan/ | /ĵaξala/ |
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| The father took (considered) his son as a friend | اِتَّخَذَ الأَبُ اِبْنَهُ صَدِيقًا /ittakhadha al abu ibnahu ŝadīqan/ | /ittakhadha/ |
