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Substitute (Badal)

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Source for above : ARIC Arabic Class Notes – Book 1

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Difference between “This book” and “This is a book” (Seq # 60)

Let us understand it as below. If somebody says in English “this” then it does not convey you a
complete message. The front person will ask you, what do you mean ? The term “this” can be anything.

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It can be computer, table, house etc.

If somebody says again in English for example “this book”, then also it is not providing us the complete
explanation about the book except that the term “book” has just substituted the term “this”. Hence the
phrase “this book” is also not a complete sentence. It is not giving any complete idea or information
about the object “book”.

Upon understanding it in English let us come to Arabic. The term “this” is ‫ ﻫﺬﺍ‬in the Arabic language. ‫ ﻫﺬﺍ‬is
as

ُ ‫ﻫﺬﺍ ْﺍﻟــ ِﻜــﺘ‬

‫َــﺎﺏ‬

ُ ‫ ْﺍﻟــ ِﻜــﺘ‬is termed as ‫ ﺑَﺪَ ْﻝ‬and ‫ ﻫﺬﺍ‬is termed as .ُ‫ ُﻣ ْﺒﺪَ ْﻝ ِﻣ ْﻨﻪ‬Badal should match all the characteristics of
Here ‫َــﺎﺏ‬
Mubdal Minu.

Now let us understand “This is a book”. This statement is a complete sentence. Its translation is as
below.

ٌ‫ﻫﺬﺍ ِﻛــﺘَــﺎﺏ‬

In the above statement ‫ ﻫَﺬﺍ‬is the subject and ٌ‫ ِﻛــﺘَــﺎﺏ‬is the single word predicate.

Exercises

State TRUE or FALSE: Read the verse Quran (18:6). ‫ﺚ‬ ِ ‫ ﻫَﺬﺍ ﺍﻟ َﺤ ِﺪ ْﻳ‬is a Badal- Mubdal Minhu construction.
State TRUE or FALSE: Read the verse Quran (18:54). ‫ ﻫَﺬﺍ ْﺍﻟﻘُﺮﺃ َ ِﻥ‬is Badal-Mubdal Minhu construction.
ُ ‫( ﺫﻟﻚ ْﺍﻟ ِﻜﺘ‬That book) is not a Badal-Mubdal Minhu construction.
State TRUE or FALSE: The phrase ‫َﺎﺏ‬

Answers to Exercise

Difference between “This book”

T, T, F
and “This is a book” (Seq # 60)
Source for the above: From the notes Trying to understand the Arabic Language by Mohammed Aijaz

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