Construct Possessive in Arabic Language

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Hello, and thank you for watching VisiHow. Today, we will show you how to create the possessive construction, which is also called an "idafah", in the Arabic language. This does get a little bit tricky, but we will show you the basic possessive construction. We need to keep a few rules in mind. The possessive construction is composed of two nouns immediately following each other.

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    The first noun will be indefinite, and it is the thing being possessed
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    The second noun is usually definite
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    It's in the gentitive case, and it is the possessor.
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    If the first noun ends in a taa marbuuta, which is the ending tied taa, the "t" should be pronounced
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    If the possessor for the second noun is a proper name, we do not use "al"
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    We have two possessive constructions at the bottom of the board to illustrate these points
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    The first construction is, "Suzanne's book"
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    We need to put the thing that is being possessed first, which will be "book". The possessor, which is "Suzanne", is second.
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    "Book" in Arabic is "kitaab"
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    It is written kaaf, taa, alif, baa.
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    Then, we have "Suzanne"
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    We do not say "al Suzanne" because it is a proper name, so we do not use "al". "Kitaab Suzanne" is "Suzanne's book".
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    We also have the construction, "the girl's name"
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    The thing being possessed in this construction is "name", which is "ism" in Arabic
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    It is written alif, siim, miim.
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    The possessor is "the girl", which will take "al", the definite article
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    "Girl" is "bint", so "the girl" will be "al bint"
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    This is the second term of the "idafah", which will be in the gentitive case.
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    This does conclude today's tutorial on how to create a possessive construction, also called an idafah, in the Arabic language
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    If you do have any questions, comments or suggestions, please leave them in the space below.
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