ok verbal sentences start with a verb followed by the agent then the theme or the object.
nominal sentences start with a name and it's modifier be it a single name or a pp, vp functioning on the whole as such, i.e. modifying the name. For example:
the garden is beautiful= in the arabic equivalent , the garden would be the noun phrase and ( is beautiful) would be the verb phrase functioning as a modifier.
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A verbal sentence starts with a verb. A nominal sentence starts with a noun.
Example of a verbal sentence:
ذهب الرجل إلى بيته (thahaba-r-rajulu ilaa baytih, "the man left for his home")
Example of a nominal sentence:
الرجل يذهب إلى عمله كل يوم (ar-rajulu yathhabu ilaa 'amalihi kulla yawm, "the man goes to his job every day")
Another example of a nominal sentence:
عبد الله طالب (Abdullah Taalib, "Abdullah is a student")
ok verbal sentences start with a verb followed by the agent then the theme or the object.
nominal sentences start with a name and it's modifier be it a single name or a pp, vp functioning on the whole as such, i.e. modifying the name. For example:
the garden is beautiful= in the arabic equivalent , the garden would be the noun phrase and ( is beautiful) would be the verb phrase functioning as a modifier.
اÙØدÙÙØ© ج٠ÙÙØ©
اÙØدÙÙØ©= noun
ج٠ÙÙØ©= modifier, something that describes or " informs" about the state of the garden.
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