I read twenty books.
The Arabic phrase I read twenty books. is pronounced qara'tu 3ishriina kitaaban and written ﻗَﺮَﺃﺕُ ﻋِﺸﺮِﻳﻦَ ﻛِﺘَﺎﺑﺎً
The Arabic words in I read twenty books.
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to read
ﻗَﺮَﺃﺕُ
Pronounciation: qara'tu
English translation (of the word in its basic form): to read
Part of speech: verb
person: I
tense: past tense
The base form of the word to read
ﻗَﺮَﺃَ
qara'a
(past tense he)
ﻋِﺸﺮِﻳﻦَ
Pronounciation: 3ishriina
book
ﻛِﺘَﺎﺑﺎً
Pronounciation: kitaaban
English translation (of the word in its basic form): book
Part of speech: noun
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 book
ﻛِﺘَﺎﺏ
kitaab
(singular, indefinite, no case)
Type of phrase: Verbal sentence
The definition of an Arabic verbal sentence is a sentence that starts with a verb. The fact that a sentence contains a verb is not enough for it to qualify as a verbal sentence. However, a sentence can in some circumstances start with another word and still be classified as a verbal sentence.