Madinah Arabic Book 3 — Page 88

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

المُبْتَدَأُ وَالخَبَرُ.

The Mubtada' (subject) and the Khabar (predicate).

المُبْتَدَأُ هُوَ الاِسْمُ الَّذِي نَتَحَدَّثُ عَنْهُ، وَالخَبَرُ هُوَ الحَدِيثُ الَّذِي بِهِ الفَائِدَةُ نَحْوَ: «القَمَرُ جَمِيلٌ».

The Mubtada' is the noun that we are talking about, and the Khabar is the speech that provides the benefit, such as: 'The moon is beautiful'.

فَفِي هَذِهِ الجُمْلَةِ نُرِيدُ أَنْ نَتَحَدَّثَ عَنِ القَمَرِ، فَلَفْظُ (القَمَرِ) مُبْتَدَأٌ، وَنُرِيدُ أَنْ نَقُولَ إِنَّهُ جَمِيلٌ، فَلَفْظُ (جَمِيلٌ) خَبَرٌ.

In this sentence, we want to talk about the moon, so the word 'the moon' is a Mubtada', and we want to say that it is beautiful, so the word 'beautiful' is a Khabar.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (6 verbs · 33 nouns)

• تَحَدَّثَ — to speak
• أَرَادَ — to want
• قَالَ — to say
• مُبْتَدَأ — subject
• خَبَر — predicate
• اِسْم — noun