Introduction to Case Endings: ( genitive)

1. Cases ( ) affect only nouns and adjectives ( ) :

They are the endings that show how a noun or an adjective functions in a sentence.
Variations in verb ending are not technically considered cases.

2. There are only three cases:

--the nominative
--the genitive
--the accusative
3. Each case has a distinctive vowel, which is placed on the final consonant of the word -
tanwiin is used if the noun or adjective is indefinite. Note that adjectives need to agree with
their nouns in case endings, as with gender, number, and definiteness. For singular words and
irregular plurals, the endings are:

: u // ) un // )

: i // ( in // )

: a // ( an // )

/ / /
/ / /
/ / /

4. There are two fundamental uses for each of the three cases. For now, we will only look at the
case.
 A. Genitive:
1. The case used after a preposition:

. (He goes to the big library by car.)

( Do you live with thisnice friend?)

!( This is a lot of homework from the professor today.)
.( I am at home today.)
.( I go to the library in order to obtain Arabic
books.)

2. The case used for all nouns in structures after the first one (the first one is not
necessarily genitive, but will be if it also follows a preposition):

.( The professors office is in the university library.)

( The teachers of the Arabic language.)
...
( Where is the mans car?)
.( The professors sisters friends fathers house is big.)

In the following sentences, find what words would be and give

them the appropriate case endings.
.
..
For regular masculine plurals, always takes . Unlike the above endings, because
these involve a change in the words spelling (not just short vowels), these will always be written
and pronounced.

( gen.)
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