The police came in the middle of the night to arrest the thief.

jaa'at ashshurTatu wasTa allayli lita3taqila alliSSa

ﺟَﺎﺀَﺕ ﺍَﻟﺸُّﺮﻃَﺔُ ﻭَﺳﻂَ ﺍَﻟﻠَﻴﻞِ ﻟِﺘَﻌﺘَﻘِﻞَ ﺍَﻟﻠِﺺَّ

The Arabic phrase The police came in the middle of the night to arrest the thief. is pronounced jaa'at ashshurTatu wasTa allayli lita3taqila alliSSa and written ﺟَﺎﺀَﺕ ﺍَﻟﺸُّﺮﻃَﺔُ ﻭَﺳﻂَ ﺍَﻟﻠَﻴﻞِ ﻟِﺘَﻌﺘَﻘِﻞَ ﺍَﻟﻠِﺺَّ

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to come

ﺟَﺎﺀَﺕ

Pronounciation: jaa'at

English translation (of the word in its basic form): to come

Part of speech: verb

person: she

tense: past tense

The base form of the word to come

ﺟَﺎﺀَ

jaa'a

(past tense he)

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police

ﺍَﻟﺸُّﺮﻃَﺔُ

Pronounciation: ashshurTatu

English translation (of the word in its basic form): police

Part of speech: noun

case: nominative

definiteness: definite form

gender: feminine

Nominative is for example used to indicate the subject in a verbal sentence.

The base form of the word police

ﺷُﺮﻃَﺔ

shurTa

(singular, indefinite, no case)

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middle

ﻭَﺳﻂَ

Pronounciation: wasTa

English translation: middle

Part of speech: adverb

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night

ﺍَﻟﻠَﻴﻞِ

Pronounciation: allayli

English translation: night

Part of speech: noun

case: genitive

definiteness: definite form

gender: masculine

The word has genitive case since it follows an adverb (word for time or place)

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for, to

ﻝِ

Pronounciation: li

English translation: for, to

Part of speech: preposition

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Attached to the word that follows.

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to arrest, detain

ﺗَﻌﺘَﻘِﻞَ

Pronounciation: ta3taqila

English translation (of the word in its basic form): to arrest, detain

Part of speech: verb

person: she

tense: subjunktive

The base form of the word to arrest, detain

ﺍِﻋﺘَﻘَﻞَ

i3taqala

(past tense he)

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robber

ﺍَﻟﻠِﺺَّ

Pronounciation: alliSSa

English translation (of the word in its basic form): robber

Part of speech: noun

case: accusative

definiteness: definite form

gender: masculine

Accusative has many usages. Among others, it is used for the object in a verbal sentence. It is also used to express time an dplace. It is also used as predicative to incomplete verbs like kaana.

The base form of the word robber

ﻟِﺺّ

liSS

(singular, indefinite, no case)

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Type of phrase: Complete sentence

A complete sentence. The sentence contains a verb, but there are also complete Arabic sentences without any verb.