- It starts with a verb.
- It has three parts:
- الْفِعْلُ verb: The study of verbs in Arabic is very complex. For now, I'm using only the masculine past tense verb called فِعْلٌ مَاضٍ. The masculine past tense verb is usually in the accusative case, that is the last huruf is a َor ً, for example: جَرَجَ he went out, ذَهَبَ he left (or he went), أَكَلَ he ate, ضَََرَبَ he hit (or he beat), طَرَحَ he threw.
- فَاعِلٌ subject: The subject is usually a noun, that is a person or thing, and is in the nominative case, that is the last huruf is a ُor ٌfor example أَحْمَدٌ Ahmad or الْمُدَرِّسُ the teacher.
- مَفْعُولٌ object: The object can be a noun which takes the accusative case, that is the last huruf is a َor ً, for example أَحْمَدً Ahmad or الْطَالِبَ the student. The object can also be a phrase, for example إِلَى الْبَيْتِ to the home.
In the following examples the colors are: verb, subject, object
- أَكَلَ مُحَمَّدٌ تُفَّاحًا - Muhammad ate apples.
- ضَرَبَ أَحْمَدُ طَالِبً - Ahmad beat a student.
- ذَهَبَ الْمُدَرِّسُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ - The teacher went to the mosque.
- طَرَحَ الْوَلَدُ حَجَرً - The boy threw a stone.
- جَلَسَ الْطَالِبُ عَلَى كُرْسِيٍّ - The student sat on a chair.