Conditional sentences

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أَتَمَنَّى

 

/ʼatamannaa/

 

Means

 

I wish/ I hope

 
 
 

أَتَمَنَّى أَنْ أُسافِرَ إِلى الأُرْدُنِ

 

/ʼatamannaa ʼan ʼusaafira ʼilaa ilʼurduni/

 

Means

 

I hope to travel to Jordan

 
 
 

أَتَمَنَّى ذَلِكَ

 

/ʼatamannaa THalika/

 

Means

 

I hope so

 
 
 

إِذا

 

/ʼiTHaa/

 

Means

 

If

 

"إِذا"

 

would be used for possibilities

 
 

 

The conditional sentence:

 

إِذا دَرَسْتَ نَجَحْتَ

 

/ʼiTHaa darasta najaHta/

 

If you study, you will succeed 

 

"إِذا+<u>Past tense</u> ,<u>Past tense</u>"

 
 

 

إِلَّا إِذا

 

/ʼillaa ʼiTHaa/

 

Means

 

Unless

 
 
 

لَنْ تَنْجَحَ في الإِمْتِحانِ إِلَّا إِذا دَرَسْتَ

 

/lan tanjaHa fee ilʼimtiHaani ʼillaa ʼiTHaa darasta/

 

Means

 

You will not pass the exam unless you study

 
 
 

لَوْ

 

/law/

 

Means

 

If

 

would be used to show a fact that would have happened in the past if it is done under certain conditions

 
 
   

Example:

 

لَوْ قَرَأْتَ هَذا الكِتابَ لَفَهِمْتَ

 

/law qaraʼta haTHaa ilkitaaba lafahimta/

 

Means

 

If you read this book, you would have understood

 
 
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