Fundamentals of Grammar | Unit 1

Lesson Number: 6
Lesson title: 1.6 & 1.7 Properties of the Ism-Status (Plural People Combinations)

Quick Recap: Raf = Doer. Nasb= Detail. Jarr = After of

Singular word endings: Raf: U or UN, Nasb: A or 'AN', Jarr: I or IN
E.g.

, ,

Pair word endings: 2 Raf = AANI 2 Nasb = AYNI 2 Jarr = AYNI
E.g.

- When I add Harakah at the end of words E.g. UN AN IN U A I ; These are Ending Sound


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- When I add more than a sound, and I add letters for example

for the pairs.

or above (which we havent done yet) I add , , then thats an Ending Combination

- So far, we have learnt that singular words have ES, pairs have the pair combination, and today
were going to do the people plural combination.

- So whenever you see OONA EENA EENA at the end of Isms, its going to be talking about people
(Humans, Jinns & Angels), its not going to be talking about things like cars, books etc.

- AANI meant 2 Raf. OONA at the end means more than 2 Raf. In English we have singular, then
plural.

- In Arabic we have singular, pair, then plural. Whenever we say plural in Arabic, it doesnt mean
more than 1, it means more than 2

- OONA = People Plural & Raf. EENA = People Plural & Nasb. or People Plural & Jarr

- Last lessons combinations were AANI AYNI AYNI, todays is OONA EENA EENA.
We have one more combination left after this, and were done with combinations.

- * Whenever we see an Ism, the very first question we have to ask is;
Is it an Ending Sound (ES) or is it an Ending Combination (EC)

- *Rule we must remember. Always look for Ending Combination first!
If you cant find an Ending Combination, then you look for an Ending Sound. Thats always the case

- Lets try it out, Allah says.

The word is that an ES or EC? Ending Sound. (Good, because you couldnt find any EC)



Fundamentals of Grammar | Unit 1

in your mind you went through a list of combinations. . . What are those combinations?

AANI AYNI AYNI OONA EENA EENA You didnt see any of these combinations in the word
- It doesnt have an EC. . . So it must have an ES.

Now you know its ES, What status is in? Raf'

- The word

, Remember, what question do we have to ask first? Is it an ES or an EC

- What do we look for first? Ending Combination We see the AYNI combination here.

- So therefore, we cant say the word

ends in an I sound (under ) and so its a Jarr.

- That would be wrong, because If you just looked at that I and said its Jarr, that means you
thought it was an ES

- Once its an EC you cant judge it as though it has an ES. We forget about the ES now, and we go by
the EC

- What combination do you see in the word? Is it Pair Combination or People Plural Combination?

Its AYNI so Pair Combination

- What are all the pair combinations? 2 Raf? AANI 2 Nasb? AYNI 2 Jarr? AYNI

So the word

is it Raf, Nasb or Jarr? Nasb or Jarr (Right now we dont know between N or J)

it cant be both, its either one or the other, but at this point we dont know

- Now, Im going to give you a clue, and well see if you can figure out if its Nasb or Jarr.

means The master of both easts

- 2 questions:

1. Why did I say both easts, when translating

? Because its AYNI, it means 2/pair

2. Now listen how I translated it to find out its status The master of both easts.

What status is it? Jarr because its after of

- Now we know the difference between Ending Sound and Ending Combination.