Writing Arabic sentences
Arabic · Key Stage 2 · The School
Two sentence shapes
A NOMINAL sentence begins with a noun and needs no verb: the book is new. A VERBAL sentence begins with the verb: the boy wrote the lesson. Both are correct and they are used for different emphasis. Deciding which shape you want BEFORE writing prevents most of the tangles beginners produce.
Agreement
Adjectives agree with their noun in gender and in definiteness. A definite noun takes a definite adjective; an indefinite noun takes an indefinite one. Getting this wrong changes the sentence from "the new book" to "the book is new" — a different sentence entirely, and the commonest early error.
Checking your own work
Read back asking three questions in order. Does every noun have the article or tanween, and never both? Does every adjective match its noun? Does the sentence have the shape you intended? Checking in that order finds most mistakes faster than reading through hoping something looks wrong.
NOMINAL, starting with a noun: الوَلَدُ في المَدْرَسةِ — the boy is in the school. No verb at all, and none is missing. VERBAL, starting with a verb: ذَهَبَ الوَلَدُ إِلَى المَدْرَسةِ — the boy went to the school. Now check three things in each: is the subject definite, does any adjective agree, and does the noun after a preposition end in a kasra?