The Arabic manual; Comprising a condensed grammar of both the classical and modern Arabic reading lessons and exercises, with analyses and a vocabulary of useful words

by E.H. Palmer

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 ...But if the agent be not really feminine, but only feminine from a grammatical point of view, either the masculine or feminine verb may be used, according as the speaker keep the feminine idea in his mind, or not, from the first, as "The sun rose." j c------( For the same reason, even when the agent is really feminine, provided a word intervenes between it and the verb, either form may be used. so f " " Hind stood to-day." When the intervening word is $ "except," the verb » SC--is more elegantly put in the masculine, as S U "there rose not save Hind." When a second verb occurs referring to the same agent, such verb agrees with it logically in gender, number, and person, as VjSVai JW-j tsM "the men assembled and (they) said," the broken plural requiring the grammatical construction with the feminine singular in the first verb; but in the second verb jJV», which refers to the same agent, the logical agreement is preserved. The Subject of a Passive Verb. The same rules which apply to the agent of an active verb apply to the subject of a passive verb. SO--j J4j sr "Zeid was struck." The following examples will illustrate the construction of the Active. Passive. ""----» "God gave a Scripture to the "The Children of Israel were Children of Israel." given a Scripture." "He gave Zeid a drachma." "Zeid was given a drachma." C-C-s»c-J C-£ C-C-SCr-JS ay usyl Jsfi) y»l "I ordered Zeid to kill "Zeid was ordered to kill 'Amr." 'Amr."----c-«----C--CC------C-«-1--C--C c-&J.U ijdk) (j J jU 5jjj5 Jfct J«j "He escorted Zeid from Bag-"Zeid was escorted from dad to el-Medina.&quo...

28 pages, Paperback

First published August 9, 2015

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Edward Henry Palmer (7 August 1840 – 10 August 1882), known as E. H. Palmer, was an English orientalist and explorer.