Question words
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Examples:
هَلْ أَنْتَ سامي؟ /hal ʼanta saamee/ Are you Sami? Or هَلْ ذَهَبْتَ إِلى المَدْرَسَةِ؟ /hal THahabta ʼilaa ilmadrasati/ Did you go to school?Example:
أَتَتَعَلَّمُ العَرَبِيَّةَ يا تومُ؟ /ʼatataʻallamu ilʻarabiyyata yaa tomu/ Do you learn Arabic Tom?كَيْفَ؟
/kayfa/ Means How?ماذا؟
/maaTHaa/ Means What? ماذا؟can be used only with verbs.
Example:
ماذا سَوْفَ تَفْعَلُ غَدًا؟ /maaTHaa sawfa tafʻalu ghadan/ What are you up to tomorrow?أَيْنَ؟
/ʼayna/ Means Where?Example:
أَيْنَ الحَمَّامُ مِنْ فَضْلِكِ؟ /ʼayna ilHammaamu min fadhliki/ Where is the restroom please? (To a female)مِنْ أَيْنَ؟
/min ʼayna/ Means Where … from?إِلى أَيْنَ؟
/ʼilaa ʼayna/ Means Where to...?لِماذا؟
/limaaTHaa/ Means Why?Example:
لِماذا تَتَعَلَّمينَ العَرَبِيَّةَ يا سَلْمى؟ /limaaTHaa tataʻallameena ilʻarabiyyata yaa salmaa/ Why are you learning Arabic, Salma?Example:
كَمْ ثَمَنُ هَذا؟ /kam thamanu haTHaa/ How much is this?Example:
أَيُّ كِتابٍ قَرَأْتَ؟ /ʼayyu kitaabin qaraʼta/ Which book have you read?