.: Anna :.
24-11-05, 03:40 PM
The main words which can be used to make exceptions are :
سوى
siwaa
إلا
ilaa
Which are basically synomymous. The most famous example which every Muslim will no doubt be familiar with is our declaration:
لا إلهَ إلا الله
There is no god except Allah.
Some other examples made up by me :
ما جاء الأولادُ إلا أحمدُ
maa jaa'a al awlaadu ilaa Ahmad
The boys did not come, except Ahmad
ie: From the boys, only Ahmad came.
Here you must note that Ahmad has damma as he is the logical subject despite being after ilaa
الساعة التاسعة إلا ربعٍ
As-saa3at ut taasi3ah ila rub3in
It is quarter to nine
ie: it is nine o clock, except a quarter
أحبّ كلّ الطلابِ إلا مصطفى
uhebbu kull at tullaabi ilaa mustafa
I love all the students, except Mustafa
After Siwa if you are using a pronoun then it must act like it does when you add a pronoun to words like "inna". Eg not "huwa" but just the possesive ending "hu"
لم أرَ سواه
lam ara siwaahu
i didnt see anyone except him
لا يتكلّمُ الفرنسيّة سوايَ
laa yatakallam ul faransiyya siwaaya
noone speaks french except me
لم أجدْ سوى الكتب
lam ajid siwaa alkutub
i didnt find anything except the books
سوى
siwaa
إلا
ilaa
Which are basically synomymous. The most famous example which every Muslim will no doubt be familiar with is our declaration:
لا إلهَ إلا الله
There is no god except Allah.
Some other examples made up by me :
ما جاء الأولادُ إلا أحمدُ
maa jaa'a al awlaadu ilaa Ahmad
The boys did not come, except Ahmad
ie: From the boys, only Ahmad came.
Here you must note that Ahmad has damma as he is the logical subject despite being after ilaa
الساعة التاسعة إلا ربعٍ
As-saa3at ut taasi3ah ila rub3in
It is quarter to nine
ie: it is nine o clock, except a quarter
أحبّ كلّ الطلابِ إلا مصطفى
uhebbu kull at tullaabi ilaa mustafa
I love all the students, except Mustafa
After Siwa if you are using a pronoun then it must act like it does when you add a pronoun to words like "inna". Eg not "huwa" but just the possesive ending "hu"
لم أرَ سواه
lam ara siwaahu
i didnt see anyone except him
لا يتكلّمُ الفرنسيّة سوايَ
laa yatakallam ul faransiyya siwaaya
noone speaks french except me
لم أجدْ سوى الكتب
lam ajid siwaa alkutub
i didnt find anything except the books