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News, opinion and argument: the vocabulary for saying something complicated and being understood.
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The passive
انْكَتَب
Forming the passive
Turning a verb passive by putting ان on the front
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انْسَرَق
Everyday passives
The passive verbs you'll actually hear - stolen, hit, injured, paid
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انْبَنى
Weak verbs in the passive
The passive of verbs ending in ى - built, cancelled, grilled, fried
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The verbal noun
مَصدَر
What a masdar is
The noun that lives inside every verb, and where you use it
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Where the masdar earns its keep - after بعد, قبل, بدون and بحب
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اشْتِغال
Masdars of longer verbs
What happens to the masdar when the verb is longer than three letters
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Conditionals
Conditions that could actually happen, with إذا
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Hypothetical and impossible conditions with لو
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حَتَّى لَو
Even if, as long as, unless
Three conditions with a twist - حتى لو, ما دام and إلا إذا
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Qad
قَدّ
Qad - قد
How to use the word قد with examples
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قَدّ ما بِدَّك
As much as - قد ما
How to use قد ما
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قَدّ ما
Because of how much - قد ما
How to use this meaning of قد ما
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Linking your ideas
لَإنُّه
Because and so
Joining a reason to a result with لإنه, بسبب and منشان هيك
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مَع إِنُّه
Although
Conceding a point with مع إنه, مع هيك and حتى
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بَين ما
While and wherever
Connectors that set a time or a place - بين ما, وين ما, لما and لسا
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يَا… يَا
Either, or, neither
Offering alternatives with يا…يا, ولا, أو and بدال
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ما إلي عَلاقة
Not my business
Ways to say its not my business
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How sure are you?
أكيد
Certain
Saying you're sure, and checking that someone else is
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يِمكِن
Might, possibly
The middle of the scale - يمكن, ممكن and شكّ
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مُستَحِيل
No chance
The bottom of the scale - مستحيل, أبدا and مش معقول
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Wishes and regret
يا رَيت
If only - يا ريت
Wishing for something that isn't, with يا ريت
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كان لازِم
Should have
Putting كان in front of لازم and مفروض to talk about the past
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اعْتَذَر
Sorry and forgiven
Apologising properly, and letting someone off
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