Lesson 66 · عِلْمًا
More in what? Clarifying with ـًا
Some sentences are vague until you add one more word: أَخِي أَكْثَرُ مِنِّي (my brother is more than me)… more what? Add an indefinite noun ending in ـًا: أَكْثَرُ مِنِّي عِلْمًا (more than me in knowledge). This clarifying word is called التَّمْيِيزُ.
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Examples
أَخِي أَكْبَرُ مِنِّي سِنًّاakhii akbaru minnii sinnanMy brother is older than me.
هُوَ أَحْسَنُ مِنِّي خَطًّاhuwa aḥsanu minnii khaṭṭanHis handwriting is better than mine.
الصَّيْفُ أَشَدُّ حَرًّاaṣ-ṣayfu ashaddu ḥarranSummer is hotter.
اِشْتَرَيْتُ كِيلُو لَحْمًاishtaraytu kiiluu laḥmanI bought a kilo of meat.
اِمْتَلَأَ الْكَأْسُ مَاءًimtala’a l-ka’su maa’anThe glass filled with water.
فِي الْفَصْلِ عِشْرُونَ طَالِبًاfil-faṣli ʿishruuna ṭaalibanThere are twenty students in the class.
Key points
- After comparisons (lesson 22): أَكْبَرُ سِنًّا older (in age) · أَحْسَنُ خَطًّا better handwriting · أَشَدُّ حَرًّا hotter.
- After measures and with “filling” verbs: اِشْتَرَيْتُ كِيلُو لَحْمًا (I bought a kilo of meat) · اِمْتَلَأَ الْكَأْسُ مَاءً (the glass filled with water). After a measure you can also say كِيلُو لَحْمٍ.
- After numbers 11 to 99 (lesson 33) and after كَمْ (lesson 20): عِشْرُونَ طَالِبًا · أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَبًا (eleven stars, Surah Yusuf) · كَمْ كِتَابًا قَرَأْتَ؟
Practice
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Say “She is more knowledgeable than me.”
هِيَ أَكْثَرُ مِنِّي عِلْمًا hiya aktharu minnii ʿilman
Say “I drank a glass of milk.”
شَرِبْتُ كَأْسًا حَلِيبًا sharibtu ka’san ḥaliiban
Say “thirty books”.
ثَلَاثُونَ كِتَابًا thalaathuuna kitaaban