Arabic and English Sentence Patterns: A Comparative Guide

24 | P a g e EXAMPLES (( ﺑَﻌْﺪَ أَنْ ﻣﺎتَ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ﻮْرُ ﺑَﺪَأَ اﻷَﺳَﺪُ ﯾُﻔَﻜِّﺮُ ﻓﻲ ﺻﺎﺣِﺒِﮫِ اﻟﺴّﺎﺑِﻖِ ﻓَﺤَﺰِنَ . )) .۱ (( اﻷﺳﺪ واﻟﺜﻮر )) “After the bull died, the lion began thinking about his former friend and became sad.” Younes, Kalila wa Dimna 85. ﻟﻢ ﯾﻜﻦ ﻋﺠﯿﺒﺎ أن ﯾﻌﺒﺪ اﻟﻤﺼﺮﯾﻮن ﻓﺮﻋﻮن ، وﻟﻜﻦ اﻟﻌﺠﯿﺐ أن ﻓﺮﻋﻮن آﻣﻦ ﺣﻘﺎً )) .۲ (( ﺑﺄﻧﮫ إﻟﮫ. ﻧﺠﯿﺐ ﻣﺤﻔﻮظ “It was not strange that the Egyptians worshiped pharaoh, but the strange thing is that pharaoh truly believed he was a god." 47 (( أﻟَﻢْ ﺗَﺮَ أﯾّﮭَﺎ اﻟﻤَﻠِﻚُ اﻟﻤُﺮَﺟّﻰ ﻋَﺠﺎﺋِﺐَ ﻣﺎ رأﯾْﺖُ ﻣﻦَ اﻟﺴّﺤﺎبِ ؟ )) .۳ أﺑﻮ اﻟﻄﯿﺐ اﻟﻤﺘﻨﺒﻲ “Didn't you see, O' King for whose favors (generosity) people hope, the wonders of what I saw from the clouds?” 48 (( أﻟﻢ ﺗﻜﻦ ﺗﻌﻠﻢ أم أﻧﻚ ﻟﻢ ﺗﻜﺘﺮث ؟ )) .٤ “Did you not know, or did you just not care? ” 49 1