Rules and Practical Exercises for Demonstrative Phrases

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• What is the main written and semantic difference between the Arabic phrase هٰذَا الرَّجُلُ and the sentence هٰذَا رَجُلٌ?
• The Arabic noun اَلدَّارُ, 'the house,' is feminine by established usage. Which far demonstrative is suitable for it?
• The most suitable near demonstrative for the non-rational plural noun pointed to اَلْأَبْوَابُ, 'the doors,' is هٰذِهِ.
• Match the following incomplete demonstrative phrases with their correct English translations:
• Sort the following items by structure into incomplete demonstrative phrases and complete nominal sentences:
• Translate "those high mountains" into Arabic, knowing that الْجِبَالُ, 'the mountains,' is a non-rational plural:
• Sort the words in the demonstrative phrase هٰذَا الْبَلَدُ, 'this city,' into their correct grammatical categories:
• Match the following rational and non-rational nouns pointed to with their correct near demonstratives: