Definiteness – Exercises

Exercise (1): Fill in the following chart using your knowledge of Definiteness of Arabic Nouns.

Definiteness

Definite ‫َمعْرْفَة‬ Indefinite ‫نَك َرة‬

Exercise (2): Make the following nouns definite. Give the English translation.

(a soul)
ْ‫نَفس‬
(a disbeliever)
ْ‫ُمشر َكة‬

(a path)
ْ‫ص َراط‬ (a way) ْ‫َسبيل‬

(a book) ْ‫ك َتاب‬ (a slave) ْ‫َعبد‬

ْ‫بَيت‬ (a feet)
ْ‫قَ َدم‬
(a house)

Exercise (3): Circle one definite noun in the following ayaat. Then give the indefinite version.

(105:1)
ْ‫ك بأَص َحابْ الفيل‬
َْ ُ ‫ف فَ َع ْلَ َرب‬
َْ ‫أَلَمْ تَ َْر َكي‬

(96:4) ْ‫الَذي َعلَ َْم بال َقلَم‬

(91:3)
‫الن َهارْ إ َذا َج َّل َها‬
َ ‫َو‬
(90:1)
ْ‫َْل أُقس ُْم ب َه ٰـ َذا ال َبلَد‬