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Opinions and reasons: longer sentences
Every speaking and writing task rewards opinions with reasons. A few patterns turn a short answer into a developed one.
Opinion verbs
أُحِبّ (I like, I love), لا أُحِبّ (I don't like), أَكْرَه (I hate), أُفَضِّل (I prefer).
The noun after them takes ال, because you mean the thing in general: أحبّ الموسيقى (I like music), أفضّل الشاي (I prefer tea).
في رَأْيي ... (in my opinion) and أَعْتَقِد أَنّ ... (I think that ...) start an opinion.
The noun after them takes ال, because you mean the thing in general: أحبّ الموسيقى (I like music), أفضّل الشاي (I prefer tea).
في رَأْيي ... (in my opinion) and أَعْتَقِد أَنّ ... (I think that ...) start an opinion.
Giving a reason with لأنّ
Linking ideas
و (and) joins the next word: وأحبّ. لكنّ / لكن (but), أيضًا (also), ثُمّ (then).
Build it up: أحبّ كرة القدم لأنّها مُمْتِعة، لكنّي لا أحبّ السِّباحة لأنّها صَعْبة.
(I like football because it is fun, but I don't like swimming because it is hard.)
Build it up: أحبّ كرة القدم لأنّها مُمْتِعة، لكنّي لا أحبّ السِّباحة لأنّها صَعْبة.
(I like football because it is fun, but I don't like swimming because it is hard.)
Translate into Arabic: I like science because it is interesting.
- I like: أحبّ, and the subject takes ال: العلوم.
- العلوم is a non-human plural, so the pronoun is ـها: لأنّها.
- Interesting: مثيرة للاهتمام, or the simpler ممتعة (enjoyable).
Answer: أحبّ العلوم لأنّها مثيرة للاهتمام.
Opinion verbs: أحبّ، لا أحبّ، أكره، أفضّل + noun with ال. Reason: لأنّ + ـه / ـها + adjective. Link with و، لكنّ، أيضًا، ثمّ. Opinion + reason + contrast = a developed answer.
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