Kerala SSLC Arabic Academic flashcards

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الماضي (past tense)

The Arabic verb form that expresses completed action, built on the pattern فَعَلَ, e.g., كَتَبَ (he wrote). Subject suffixes like ـتُ، ـتَ، ـتْ mark person and gender.

المضارع (present tense)

The Arabic verb form for ongoing or future action, beginning with one of the prefix letters أ، ن، ي، ت, e.g., يَكْتُبُ (he writes). Endings like ـُ، ـِينَ، ـُونَ show number and gender.

الأمر (imperative)

The command form of the verb, made by removing the present-tense prefix and adding a helping hamza when needed, e.g., تَكْتُبُ → اُكْتُبْ (write!). It addresses the second person.

الاسم (noun)

An Arabic word naming a person, place, thing or idea; it carries gender, number, definiteness and case. Examples: كِتَاب (book), مَدْرَسَة (school), طَالِب (student).

الفعل (verb)

An Arabic word expressing an action or state tied to time (past, present, imperative). It agrees with its subject in person, gender and number, e.g., ذَهَبَ الطُّلَّابُ (the students went).

الحرف (particle)

An Arabic word with no independent meaning that links other words, such as prepositions فِي، مِنْ، إِلَى and conjunctions وَ، ثُمَّ، لَكِنْ. Particles affect the case of the following noun.

ال التعريف (definite article)

The prefix ال that makes a noun definite, e.g., كِتَاب → الْكِتَاب (the book). With sun letters the lām assimilates in pronunciation: الشَّمْس, not الْشَمْس.

المثنى (dual)

The Arabic form for exactly two, made by adding ـَانِ in the nominative and ـَيْنِ in the accusative/genitive, e.g., طَالِبَانِ (two students), طَالِبَيْنِ (two students, object).

جمع المذكر السالم

The sound masculine plural, formed by adding ـُونَ in the nominative and ـِينَ in the accusative/genitive, e.g., مُعَلِّمُونَ (teachers), مُعَلِّمِينَ (teachers, object).

جمع المؤنث السالم

The sound feminine plural, formed by adding ـَاتٌ to the singular, e.g., مُعَلِّمَة → مُعَلِّمَاتٌ (female teachers). In the accusative/genitive it takes ـَاتٍ.

الإضافة (construct state)

A possessive construction where the first noun (مضاف) takes no ال and no tanwīn, and the second (مضاف إليه) is genitive, e.g., كِتَابُ الطَّالِبِ (the student's book).

الضمائر (pronouns)

Words replacing nouns: separate pronouns like أَنَا، أَنْتَ، هُوَ، هِيَ and attached suffixes like ـِي، ـكَ، ـهُ. They mark person, gender and number in verbs and nouns.

المبتدأ والخبر

The nominal sentence: المبتدأ is the topic (nominative) and الخبر is the predicate that completes it, e.g., الطَّالِبُ مُجْتَهِدٌ (the student is diligent). Both are usually nominative.

الفاعل (subject of verb)

The doer of a past or present verb, always in the nominative case, e.g., كَتَبَ الطَّالِبُ (the student wrote). The verb agrees with it in gender, and in number only if it precedes.

المفعول به (direct object)

The noun receiving the action of a transitive verb, normally in the accusative case, e.g., قَرَأَ الطَّالِبُ الكِتَابَ (the student read the book).

حروف الجر (prepositions)

Particles such as فِي، مِنْ، إِلَى، عَلَى، عَنْ، بِ that put the following noun in the genitive case, e.g., فِي المَدْرَسَةِ (in the school).

إنّ وأخواتها

Particles like إنَّ، أَنَّ، كَأَنَّ، لَكِنَّ، لَيْتَ، لَعَلَّ that make the subject accusative and keep the predicate nominative, e.g., إنَّ الطَّالِبَ مُجْتَهِدٌ.

كان وأخواتها

Verbs like كَانَ، أَصْبَحَ، صَارَ that keep the subject nominative but make the predicate accusative, e.g., كَانَ الجَوُّ بَارِدًا (the weather was cold).

الهمزة (hamza)

The glottal-stop letter ء; it may be written on a seat (أ، إ، ؤ، ئ) or alone. Its correct spelling matters in writing and is tested in dictation and fill-in items.

التاء المربوطة والمفتوحة

The closed tāʼ ة (as in مَدْرَسَة) versus the open tāʼ ت (as in بِنْت). The closed form is pronounced h in pause and t when a suffix follows.

الشمسية والقمرية

Sun letters (e.g., ش، س، ن، ر) assimilate the lām of ال in pronunciation: الشَّمْس. Moon letters (e.g., ق، ك، ب) keep it: الْقَمَر.

العدد والمعدود

Numbers 3–10 take a plural noun in the genitive, with gender reversal: ثَلَاثَةُ كُتُبٍ (three books), ثَلَاثُ طَالِبَاتٍ. Numbers 11–99 take a singular accusative noun.

أيام الأسبوع

Days of the week in Arabic: الأَحَد، الاثْنَيْن، الثُّلَاثَاء، الأَرْبِعَاء، الخَمِيس، الجُمُعَة، السَّبْت. They are definite and often used in diary or timetable questions.

الترجمة (translation)

Rendering a sentence between Arabic and Malayalam/English. In the SSLC paper, keep the meaning, match gender and number, and use the vocabulary and structures from the textbook.

الإنشاء (composition)

A short guided writing task, usually 8–10 sentences on a familiar topic. A clear opening, connected ideas with وَ، ثُمَّ، لَكِنْ، and a closing sentence earn full marks.

الخطاب الرسمي

A formal letter in Arabic, opening with a salutation such as السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ, stating the purpose, and closing with وَشُكْرًا لَكُمْ. It follows a fixed layout tested in writing sections.

المفردات (vocabulary)

The word list from the SSLC Arabic textbook, covering school, family, food, travel and daily life. Matching and fill-in items draw directly from these theme-based lists.

المترادفات (synonyms)

Words with close meaning, e.g., كَبِير = عَظِيم (big/great), سَعِيد = فَرْحَان (happy). Synonym questions ask you to choose the closest word in meaning.

الأضداد (antonyms)

Opposite pairs tested in vocabulary items, e.g., كَبِير ↔ صَغِير (big/small), طَوِيل ↔ قَصِير (long/short), نَظِيف ↔ وَسِخ (clean/dirty).

الاستفهام (question words)

Interrogatives such as مَنْ (who), مَا (what), أَيْنَ (where), مَتَى (when), كَيْفَ (how), لِمَاذَا (why), كَمْ (how many). They open comprehension and dialogue questions.

القراءة والفهم

The comprehension passage section: read the short Arabic text, then answer questions on main idea, details, and vocabulary. Answers should be short and in Arabic.

العلامات الإعرابية

Case markers: ـُ nominative (رفع), ـَ accusative (نصب), ـِ genitive (جر), and sukoon for jussive (جزم). Dual and sound plural use letters instead of these short vowels.