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How do case endings work with idaafa?

Let's take the كتاب زوج المرأة example. Here the case endings are: ِكتابُ زوجِ المرأة The ُ (damma / nominative) on كتاب reflects the role of كتاب in the sentence - so if the full sentence was ' I read the b...
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How does idaafa work with more than two nouns?

If we want to have a idaafa like "the woman's husband's book" (=the book of the husband of the woman): Well, we can form as long as string of nouns as we like, all in the 'of' order, with only the ...
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How does idaafa work?

The Idaafa construction is how we do possession in Arabic. In English, we can express possession in two different ways: "the woman's book" or "the book of the woman". Arabic has a structu...
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How do I multiply indices together?

Multiplying indices is much easier then it first seems. First you need to undertand what an index or power is, A^2 (A to the power of 2) means AxA, A^3 (A to the power of 3) means AxAxA and so on. The diffic...
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Why are case studies important? and how do I remember them?

Case studies are important because they demonstrate your knowledge in the context of the real world. Using case studies is about backing up your argument with examples, to show that you know what your talkin...
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