Vocabulary: Grammatical States
We will spend the next few lessons entirely in the Marfoo' default state, but use this vocabulary list to reference how standard nouns morph across all three states.
| Marfoo' (-)ٌ Default/Subject |
Mansoob (-)ًا Target/Object |
Majroor (-)ٍ Prepositional |
Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
|
كِتَابٌ
Kitaabun
|
كِتَابًا
Kitaaban
|
كِتَابٍ
Kitaabin
|
Book |
|
بَيْتٌ
Baytun
|
بَيْتًا
Baytan
|
بَيْتٍ
Baytin
|
House |
|
بَابٌ
Baabun
|
بَابًا
Baaban
|
بَابٍ
Baabin
|
Door |
|
قَلَمٌ
Qalamun
|
قَلَمًا
Qalaman
|
قَلَمٍ
Qalamin
|
Pen |
|
مَسْجِدٌ
Masjidun
|
مَسْجِدًا
Masjidan
|
مَسْجِدٍ
Masjidin
|
Mosque |
|
رَجُلٌ
Rajulun
|
رَجُلًا
Rajulan
|
رَجُلٍ
Rajulin
|
Man |
|
وَلَدٌ
Waladun
|
وَلَدًا
Waladan
|
وَلَدٍ
Waladin
|
Boy |
|
طَالِبٌ
Taalibun
|
طَالِبًا
Taaliban
|
طَالِبٍ
Taalibin
|
Student |
|
نَجْمٌ
Najmun
|
نَجْمًا
Najman
|
نَجْمٍ
Najmin
|
Star |
|
قَمَرٌ
Qamarun
|
قَمَرًا
Qamaran
|
قَمَرٍ
Qamarin
|
Moon |
Male proper names ending in Tanween follow the exact same phonetic rules!
|
مُحَمَّدٌ
|
مُحَمَّدًا
|
مُحَمَّدٍ
|
Muhammad |
|
حَامِدٌ
|
حَامِدًا
|
حَامِدٍ
|
Hamid |
|
خَالِدٌ
|
خَالِدًا
|
خَالِدٍ
|
Khalid |
|
عَلِيٌّ
|
عَلِيًّا
|
عَلِيٍّ
|
Ali |
|
سَعِيدٌ
|
سَعِيدًا
|
سَعِيدٍ
|
Saeed |