Subject of predicate, mubtada (مُبتَدا ) and predicate khabar (خَبَر )
- 25. What is a subject of predicate and what is a predicate?
A subject of predicate and a predicate are nouns that make up a complete sentence. For example: . صادِقُونَ المومنُونَ (The believers are truthful.)
- 26. How many kinds of predicates are there?
There are three kinds of predicates:
- Noun: فاطمةُ طالبةٌ (Fatimah is a student.)
- Sentence (both ismiyyah and fi‘liyyah):
حَسَنٌ یَکتُبُ. (Hasan writes.)
علیٌ ابوه مُعَلِّمٌ. (Ali’s father is a teacher.)
- Prepositional phrase, shibh-u jumlah, (شبه جملة) which is either comprised of an adverb of time or place or a word preceded by a jar preposition
علیٌ فی البیتِ. (Ali is in the house.)
القَلَمُ تَحتَ الکتاب. (The pen is under the book)
- 27. What is a sentence comprised of a subject of predicate ( مُبتَدا )and a predicate (خَبَر ) called?
A sentence comprised of a subject of predicate (مُبتَدا )and a predicate( خَبَر ) is called al-jumlah al-ismiyyah (الجُملَة الإسمیَّة).
A sentence comprised of a verb and a subject (فاعل) or a verb and a representative of subject (نائب فاعل ) is called al-jumlah al-fi‘liyyah (الجُملَة الفِعلیَّة).