Arabic Interrogative:
To form the interrogative
in Arabic you just need to place the word �hal� هل
in the beginning of the sentence, easy!
Hal means do or does.
Does he have a house? =
hal ladaihi
bait? هل
لديه بيت؟
Do you smoke = hal tudakhen?
هل
تدخن؟
There are other ways to make questions in Arabic
using interrogative pronouns, just add them to your sentence and unlike
English, in Arabic you don�t need to change the order of the sentence:
What = matha (th
pronounced as in that)
�
What do you want? Matha tureed?
ماذا
تريد؟
Who = man
من
�
who are you? Man ant?
من
أنت؟
How = kaifa
كيف
�
How are you? Kaifa haaluk?
كيف
حالك؟
At what time = mataa
متى
�
at what time are you coming? Mataa sata�tee?
متى
ستأتي؟
Where = aina
أين
�
Where are you going? Aina anta daaheb?
أين
أنت ذاهب؟
From where = men aina
من أين
�
From where did you come? Men aina atait?
من أين
أتيت؟
Which = ayya
أيّ
�
Which city? Ayya madina?
أيّ
مدينة؟
When = mataa
متى
�
When are you going to go to be? Mataa satanaam?
متى
ستنام؟
How much/ many = kam
كم
�
How much is this book? Kam howa hatha
el kitaab?
كم
هو هذا الكتاب؟
Why = lematha (th pronounced
as in that) لماذا
�
Why are you here? Lematha anta huna?
لماذا
انت هنا؟
Negation in Arabic:
Very simple and easy to form a
negation in Arabic, just place �laaلا
� before the verb: for example:
I don�t like it = laa
ohibbuha لا
أحبها
Literally it means (No I like it).
I don�t want it = laa
oreeduha لا
أريدها, coffee is a drink I don�t like
= al qahwah mashroobun laa ohibuh
القهوة مشروب لا
احبه
To say �I�m not, he is not, she is not, we�re not�.� In
Arabic we use �laisa ليس�, which
is a verb that you need to conjugate:
