Lesson 40 · كُلُّ
Every, all and some: كُلُّ and بَعْضُ
كُلُّ means “every” before a singular noun without al-: كُلُّ يَوْمٍ (every day). Before a plural or a noun with al- it means “all (of)”: كُلُّ الطُّلَّابِ (all the students). بَعْضُ means “some (of)”: بَعْضُ الطُّلَّابِ (some of the students).
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Examples
أَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍaqra’u l-qur’aana kulla yawminI read the Quran every day.
كُلُّ الطُّلَّابِ حَاضِرُونَkullu ṭ-ṭullaabi ḥaaḍiruunaAll the students are present.
بَعْضُ الطُّلَّابِ غَائِبُونَbaʿḍu ṭ-ṭullaabi ghaa’ibuunaSome of the students are absent.
كُلُّنَا نُحِبُّ الْعَرَبِيَّةَkullunaa nuḥibbu l-ʿarabiyyataAll of us love Arabic.
أَكَلْتُ بَعْضَ التُّفَّاحِakaltu baʿḍa t-tuffaaḥiI ate some of the apples.
كُلُّ شَيْءٍ جَاهِزٌkullu shay’in jaahizunEverything is ready.
Key points
- Both work like possession (lesson 6): the noun after them ends in -i, and their own ending shows their role: رَأَيْتُ كُلَّ الطُّلَّابِ.
- With pronouns: كُلُّهُمْ all of them · بَعْضُهُمْ some of them · كُلُّنَا all of us.
- Useful phrases: كُلَّ يَوْمٍ every day · كُلُّ شَيْءٍ everything · كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ everyone.
Practice
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Say “every week”.
كُلَّ أُسْبُوعٍ kulla usbuuʿin
Say “all the books”.
كُلُّ الْكُتُبِ kullu l-kutubi
Say “some of them”.
بَعْضُهُمْ baʿḍuhum