A Hundred and One Rules in Arabic Grammar!

26. The Equational Sentences. =============================

As indicated earlier, an equational sentence in Arabic is a sentence without a verb. It consists of two parts, a subject and a predicate. The subject could be (a) a demonstrative pronoun, (b) a personal pronoun, or (c) a noun, while the predicate may be either of these, as well as (c) an adjective, (d) an adverb, or (e) a prepositional phrase.

(a) a subject demonstrative pronoun            .هذهِ کليَّة ٌ

(b) a subject personal pronoun                    . أنا محمدٌ

(c) a subject noun                      الاستاذ ُ في الصفِّ.

(a) a predicate personal pronoun              ** ** الاستاذ ُ أنا .

(b) a predicate noun                           . الاستاذ ُ محمدّ ٌ

(c) a predicate indefinite adjective      ** الاستاذ ُ** جديدٌ .

(d) a predicate adverb                         الاستاذ ُهناكَ .

** (e) a predicate prep. phrase          الاستاذ ُ فِي المکتبِ.**

A pronoun of separation could be added in example (b) above, where both the subject and the predicate are nouns.