Comments on: Transitive and Intransitive Verbs

By: ArabicTree

ArabicTree — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:08:52 +0000

Allahu a’lam why; maybe because English is from the family that came from Latin and European languages, while Arabic came from an entirely different family of languages.

By: Najma

Najma — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:20:50 +0000

Nice and clear explanation. Thanks
Was struggling with transitive and intransitive.
Why though it isn’t the same always for English and Arabic both?

By: AZIZ UL HAQ

AZIZ UL HAQ — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:20:09 +0000

MAY ALLAH GIVE YOU REWARD FOR IT.I AM A PAKISTANI.SINCE LONG I AM TRYING TO LEARN ARABIC FOR UNDERSTANDING QURAN. BUT HARDLY ARABIC TEACHERS ARE AVAILABLE.SPECIALLY I HAVE PROBLEM IN TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE VERB IN SALASI MAZID.IF YOU MAY HELP THAN I SHALL BE THANKFUL TO YOU.

By: ArabicTree

ArabicTree — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:08:21 +0000

@Ronald, sorry, I don’t know what “appreciate” is in Arabic. I know that you can say “thanks,” though; and that verb is transitive (just like in English–”thank you”)

To say “thank you,” you say: ashkurukum (اشكركم).

Hope that helps!

By: Ronald Boyle

Ronald Boyle — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:08:26 +0000

Could you please tell me whether the equivalent of ‘appreciate’ in Arabic is intransitive? Could you say the equivalent of ‘I appreciate’?

With many thanks.

By: Arabic Tree

Arabic Tree — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:48:53 +0000

Hi Cree,

You can try other parts of our site, or our search; try the links in the top-right of our site (Internals, etc.); or try finding a local Arabic class. That’s probably the best.

By: Cree

Cree — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:22:53 +0000

Hi!
Thank you for publishing this wanderful part of arabic grammar.
Do you have other parts or do you know where to find them?

Thank you so much. I”am learning arabic

Cree

By: ArabicTree

ArabicTree — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:57:07 +0000

Wa’alikum as-salaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu,

Jazakumullahu khayran! Actually, that example about “go” was in English; in English, you can say “go home,” but Allahu ‘alim, it’s usually used with “to,” the same as Arabic.

By: Ibn Uthman

Ibn Uthman — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:32:56 +0000

Assalam ‘alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh

Excellent post! The Arabic words for intransitive and transitive are اللاَّزِم (Laazim) and الْمُتَعَدِّيْ (Muta’addi) respectively.

“Go where?” I would classify as intransitive but having an indirect object through إِلَى , as you say towards the end.