Exclamation in English and Arabic: a contrastive Study dr. Nadia Amin Hasan
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Exclamation in English and Arabic A Cont
- Điều hướng trang này:
- Interrogative exclamation
- The use of nouns of numbers kam and kaay as exclamatory
Some constructions with lilahWa lilah ?awqata al ğaza? Tuula haza al-?usbuu؟ '(Taha Hussein: 2010: 28) wa-lilah may also be added to the word darruhu as in: Wa li-lahi darr-uhu min faris! O! What a great knight he is! Interrogative exclamation: The use of question words or interrogatives to express great astonishment and surprise in what may be called rhetorical or exclamatory interrogatives. All types abound in the Qur'an, for example: The particle ?a may be used directly with the verb. For example: ?a- nu-?minu kama ?aama-a a- ssufahaa? (Qur'an:2-13) Shall we believe just as the fools have believed? (Ghali, 2008: 3) the particle ?a may be prefixed to the word ?inna and to the conjunctions wa , fa, and θumm-a ?a-?inna la-madin-uun (Qur'an: 37- 53) Will we surely be doomed indeed? (Ghali, 2008: 448) ?a-wa- lamma ?saba-t- kum musiiba-tun qad ?asabtum miθl-ayha qul-tum ?anna haza (Qur'an:3- 165) And is it that when an affliction befell you, and you have alrea dy been afflicted twice over the like of it, did you say 'however is this? (Ghali, 2008: 71) ?a-fa-ma naħnu bi-maytiin ?ila mawtatu-na al-?ula (Qur'an: 37- 58) Then in no way will we be dead except for our first death. (Ghali, 2008: 448) the interrogative particle hal: hal θwweb-al-kuffar-u ma kan—u ya-؟mal-uun (Qur'an:83- 36) Have the steadfast disbelievers been requited for what they were performing? (Ghali, 2008: 589) d.the compound negative particle ?a-la ?a-la tastami؟-uun (Qur'an : 26- 25) Do you not listen? (Ghali, 2008: 368) It is said by the pharaoh to his companions and followers when confronted by Moses' claims of the presence of God {or from the point of view of the pharaoh of a god other than him}. the use of the particle of requiring with urgency or gentleness: ?alla halla lawla lawma. For example: lawla yukalimuna allah-u ?aw ta?tina ?aaya (Qur'an: 2- 118) If only Allah had spoken to us or a sign had come up to us (Ghali, 2008: 18) the interrogative pronoun man / ma: man ?ilah-un ğayr ul-lah ya?tiikum bi-dyaa? (Qur'an: 28- 71) What god other than Allah will come up to you with illumination? (Ghali, 2008: 394) Ma-li-haza al-ketabi la yuğaaderu sağera-tan wa-la kabiira-tan ?illa ?aħsaha (Qur'an :18 -49) How is it with this book that it leaves out nothing, small or great, except that it had enumerated it! (Ghali, 2008: 299) the interrogative pronoun ?ay fa-?ay-u el-fariiq-ayn-i ?aħaq-u bi-l-?amn (Qur'an :6- 81) Then, which of the two groups is worthier of security. (Ghali, 2008: 137) kayf fakayfa tataq-uuna in kafar-tum yawman yaj؟alu l-weldana šiiba (Qur'an :73- 17) So, in case you disbelieve, how will you protect yourselves against a day that will make the new-born hoary-headed. (Ghali, 2008: 574) The use of nouns of numbers 'kam' and 'ka?ay' as exclamatory: Nouns of numbers are mainly used as interrogatives to mean how many? But they are also used as 'assertory or exclamatory' [Wright, 1964: 125 Vol. II] to mean many or much. 'kam' is followed by a substantive in the genitive of the singular or of the broken plural, and requires a verb in the perfect as in: tải về 54.19 Kb. Chia sẻ với bạn bè của bạn:
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