Advanced Topic E — The International World
Describe Ramadan and the two Eids with accurate vocabulary, and use the cultural passive يُزَيَّنُ and تُتَبَادَلُ to say what is done without naming who does it.
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A diptote: فِي رَمَضَانَ, never رَمَضَانٍ.
Both forms are current.
Hollow: صُمْتُ، صُمْنَا.
Form IV.
Its sighting marks the start of the month.
Plural of فَانُوسٌ; a diptote.
An iḍāfa.
Night prayers during Ramadan.
Note the diptote in the iḍāfa.
Marks the end of Ramadan.
Charity given before the Eid prayer.
Feminine.
Form V.
Plural of تَهْنِئَةٌ.
Passive of يُزَيِّنُ.
Passive of يَتَبَادَلُ, Form VI.
Passive of يُوَزِّعُ.
Passive of يُقِيمُ.
Plural مَوَائِدُ, a diptote.
Hedging language.
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المَبْنِيُّ لِلْمَجْهُولِ فِي الوَصْفِ الثَّقَافِيِّ
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Passive verb, nominative subject, بِـ for the means.
Present for a general custom; رَمَضَان is a diptote.
صَامَ is hollow, so the stem becomes صُمْـ.
يُفَعِّلُ → يُفَعَّلُ
The prefix takes a ḍamma and the letter before the ending takes a fatḥa. No extra word is added.
passive verb + nominative subject
What was the object becomes the subject and is nominative. The verb agrees with it in gender.
يَصُومُ / يَتَصَدَّقُ / تُقَامُ
Use the present for what happens each year, and add a hedge where the custom is regional.
صُمْتُ / حَضَرْتُ / زُرْنَا
صَامَ is hollow, so the middle vowel shortens: صُمْتُ، صُمْنَا.
| Active | Passive | Example |
|---|---|---|
| يُزَيِّنُ | يُزَيَّنُ | يُزَيَّنُ الشَّارِعُ بِالفَوَانِيسِ |
| يُوَزِّعُ | تُوَزَّعُ | تُوَزَّعُ الحَلْوَى عَلَى الجِيرَانِ |
| يَتَبَادَلُ | تُتَبَادَلُ | تُتَبَادَلُ التَّهَانِي |
| يُقِيمُ | تُقَامُ | تُقَامُ صَلَاةُ العِيدِ صَبَاحًا |
يُزَيِّنُ becomes يُزَيَّنُ, and يُوَزِّعُ becomes تُوَزَّعُ. Arabic marks the passive inside the word, so the doer disappears entirely. This is why cultural descriptions use it so often: the custom matters more than who performs it.
يَصُومُ المُسْلِمُونَ فِي رَمَضَانَ describes what generally happens. صُمْتُ لِأَوَّلِ مَرَّةٍ عِنْدَمَا كُنْتُ فِي السَّابِعَةِ describes your own experience. Keep the two apart and your writing becomes much clearer.
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اِخْتَرْ جُزْءًا مِنْ كُلِّ قَائِمَةٍ.
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Repair the subject of the passive verb.يُزَيَّنُ الشَّارِعَ بِالفَوَانِيسِ.
نَائِبُ الفَاعِلِ ← مَرْفُوعٌAfter a passive verb the affected noun is nominative.
Turn the active into the cultural passive
Rewrite so the custom is described without naming who performs it.يُوَزِّعُ النَّاسُ الحَلْوَى عَلَى الجِيرَانِ.
مَعْلُومٌ ← مَجْهُولٌالحَلْوَى is feminine and becomes the nominative subject of the passive verb.
Qualify the universal claim
Rewrite so the sentence reports where the custom is found.تُزَيَّنُ كُلُّ الشَّوَارِعِ فِي كُلِّ البُلْدَانِ.
أَضِفْ تَحَفُّظًاThe hedge reports the custom accurately instead of claiming it is universal.
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يُزَيَّنُ الشَّارِعَ بِالفَوَانِيسِ.
يُزَيَّنُ الشَّارِعُ بِالفَوَانِيسِ.
After a passive verb the affected noun becomes the nominative subject.
صَامْتُ لِأَوَّلِ مَرَّةٍ.
صُمْتُ لِأَوَّلِ مَرَّةٍ.
صَامَ is a hollow verb and shortens before a consonant suffix.
فِي رَمَضَانٍ يَصُومُ النَّاسُ.
فِي رَمَضَانَ يَصُومُ النَّاسُ.
رَمَضَان is a diptote and takes no tanwīn.
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فِي رَمَضَانَ يَصُومُ المُسْلِمُونَ مِنَ الفَجْرِ إِلَى المَغْرِبِ، ثُمَّ يُفْطِرُونَ مَعًا. عِنْدَنَا تُعَدُّ المَائِدَةُ قَبْلَ المَغْرِبِ بِقَلِيلٍ، وَيَجْتَمِعُ الأَقَارِبُ وَالجِيرَانُ. وَفِي بَعْضِ البُلْدَانِ تُزَيَّنُ الشَّوَارِعُ بِالفَوَانِيسِ، وَلٰكِنْ لَيْسَ دَائِمًا؛ فَالعَادَاتُ تَخْتَلِفُ. أَنَا صُمْتُ لِأَوَّلِ مَرَّةٍ عِنْدَمَا كُنْتُ فِي السَّابِعَةِ، وَكَانَتْ تَجْرِبَةً لَا تُنْسَى. وَفِي عِيدِ الفِطْرِ تُقَامُ صَلَاةُ العِيدِ صَبَاحًا، وَتُتَبَادَلُ التَّهَانِي، وَتُوَزَّعُ الحَلْوَى عَلَى الجِيرَانِ، وَيَأْخُذُ الأَطْفَالُ العِيدِيَّةَ.
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اِضْغَطْ لِاخْتِيَارِ سُؤَالٍ.
صِفْ مَا يَحْدُثُ عَادَةً فِي رَمَضَانَ.
General custom questionيَصُومُ المُسْلِمُونَ مِنَ الفَجْرِ إِلَى المَغْرِبِ، وَفِي بَعْضِ البُلْدَانِ تُزَيَّنُ الشَّوَارِعُ بِالفَوَانِيسِ.
Present tense, passive, and a hedgeوَهَلْ حَضَرْتَ مُنَاسَبَةً بِنَفْسِكَ؟
Switching to personal experienceنَعَمْ، صُمْتُ لِأَوَّلِ مَرَّةٍ وَأَنَا صَغِيرٌ، وَزُرْنَا الأَقَارِبَ فِي أَوَّلِ أَيَّامِ العِيدِ.
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Write eighty to ninety words describing Ramadan and Eid. Use the present tense for the general customs, at least two passive verbs, one past-tense sentence about a personal or observed experience, and one hedge acknowledging that customs differ.
يَصُومُ المُسْلِمُونَ شَهْرَ رَمَضَانَ مِنَ الفَجْرِ إِلَى المَغْرِبِ، وَيَبْدَأُ الشَّهْرُ عِنْدَ رُؤْيَةِ الهِلَالِ. وَفِي المَسَاءِ تُعَدُّ المَائِدَةُ وَيَجْتَمِعُ الأَقَارِبُ عَلَى الإِفْطَارِ. وَيَزْدَادُ التَّضَامُنُ المُجْتَمَعِيُّ، فَيَتَصَدَّقُ النَّاسُ وَتُوَزَّعُ الوَجَبَاتُ عَلَى المُحْتَاجِينَ. وَفِي بَعْضِ البُلْدَانِ تُزَيَّنُ الشَّوَارِعُ بِالفَوَانِيسِ، وَلٰكِنْ لَيْسَ دَائِمًا؛ فَالعَادَاتُ تَخْتَلِفُ مِنْ مَكَانٍ إِلَى مَكَانٍ. وَفِي عِيدِ الفِطْرِ تُقَامُ صَلَاةُ العِيدِ صَبَاحًا، وَتُتَبَادَلُ التَّهَانِي، وَيَأْخُذُ الأَطْفَالُ العِيدِيَّةَ. وَقَدْ زُرْنَا الأَقَارِبَ فِي أَوَّلِ أَيَّامِ العِيدِ، وَكَانَ يَوْمًا جَمِيلًا.
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Write six sentences naming Ramadan and Eid customs in the present tense.
Add two passive verbs with accurate nominative subjects.
Add a past-tense personal memory and a hedge that acknowledges regional difference.
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