Friday, 7 December 2012

Discuss the translatability of non-stative sentences in English into Arabic



Non-StativeSentences

Non-stativesentences involve verbs that designate actions or activities whether they arephysical or mental. The non-stative verbs can be eithertransitive, i.e., they take objects, or intransitive,i.e., they do not take objects.

Followingare two sets of sentences exemplifying transitive and intransitiveverbs along with their Arabic translations:

a)Ali killed the snake.
قتل علي الحية
Mahacleans her room every morning.
تنظف مها غرفتها كل صباح
Themanager will hold a meeting next week.
سيعقد المدير اجتماعا الأسبوع القادم
Theboy kicked the ball hard.
ركل الولد الكرة بقوة
b)The children have gone to school.
ذهب الأطفال إلى المدرسة
I runevery morning.
أجري كل صباح
Theking arrived at the airport last night.
وصل الملك إلى المطار الليلة الماضية
Thebird flew high in the sky.
حلق الطائر عاليا في السماء



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