Arabic and English Sentence Patterns: A Comparative Guide

36 | P a g e EXAMPLES أﻧﺎ ﻟﻢ أﺳﺘﻄﻊ أن أﻓﮭﻢ ﻗﻂ ﻟﻤﺎذا ھﻨﺎك ﻧﺎس ﺣﺎﻟﻔﮭﻢ اﻟﺤﻆ ﺑﺎﻟﻘﺪر اﻟﻜﺎﻓﻲ ﻟﯿﺤﯿﻮا اﻟﺤﯿﺎة )) .۱ (( اﻟﺘﻲ أﻋﯿﺸﮭﺎ، ﻟﯿﻨﻌﻤﻮا ﺑﮭﺬا اﻟﻄﺮﯾﻖ ﻓﻲ اﻟﺤﯿﺎة. ﺧﻄﺎب أﻧﺠﯿﻠﯿﻨﺎ ﺟﻮﻟﻲ )ﻣﺘﺮﺟﻢ إﻟﻰ اﻟﻠﻐﺔ اﻟﻌﺮﺑﯿﺔ( “I have never understood why some people are lucky enough to be born with the chance that I had, to have this path in life.” 63 (( ﺷﮭﺮاً ﻣﻦ اﻟﻌﻤﺮ؟ 12 ھﻞ ﻣﻦ اﻟﻄﺒﯿﻌﻲ أﻻ ﯾﺒﺪأ طﻔﻠﻲ ﺑﺎﻟﻤﺸﻲ وﻗﺪ ﺑﻠﻎ )) .۲ “Is it natural that my child has not started walking when he has turned 12 months old?” 64 (( اﻵنَ طﺎﺑَﺖْ ﻧَﻔْﺴﻲ وَ زاﻟَﺖْ ھُﻤﻮﻣﻲ. )) .۳ ﻟِﻤﺤﻤّﺪ ﺳﻌﯿﺪ اﻟﻘﺎﺳﻤﻲ (( اﻟﺤﻜﻮاﺗﻲ )) “Now my soul has recovered and my concerns have disappeared.” Koury, Reader 8. (( ﻷِنْ ﻟَﯿْﺲَ إِﺳْﻢٌ آﺧَﺮُ ﺗَﺤْﺖَ اﻟﺴﱠﻤﺎءِ ﻗَﺪْ أُﻋْﻄِﻲَ ﺑَﯿْﻦَ اﻟﻨّﺎسِ ﺑِﮫِ ﯾَﻨْﺒَﻐﻲ أَنْ ﻧَﺨْﻠُﺺَ . )) .٤ ۱۲:٤ اﻟﻜﺘﺎب اﻟﻤﻘﺪس : أﻋﻤﺎل اﻟﺮﺳﻞ “For there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved.” The Bible : Acts 4:12. 7