Book Lovers

“I like you; your eyes are full of language.“ ― Anne Sexton, Letter to Anne Clarke, July 3, 1964 

“You have such suffering eyes. I’ll look into them and cry, and we’ll both feel better.” ― Anton Chekhov, Ivanov

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What book did you last read??

What book are you currently reading??

Do you read books just because you saw them on tumblr??

Is there a book that you think needs a bigger fandom??

Do you have a snack while reading or do you close the book first??

Can you ever stop in the middle of a page or do you have to finish the page or chapter first??

Do you borrow books from people??

Do you lend your books out to friends??

How do you find the Booklr community?? 

What would you like to change/see more of in the community??

Do you post reviews??

How many books have you read this month??

How many books have you read this year??

Do you set yourself a reading challenge every year??

Do you set yourself a TBR list at the start of the month??

What book has been on you TBR pile the longest??

Is there a book on your TBR pile that you don’t think you will read

Do you know anyone else that likes books??

Why did you start your book blog??

Is it how you thought it would be??

Do you write??

Tell us a little about your writing.

How did you get into reading??

Have you read a book that was really hyped up but you didn’t enjoy??

Do you prefer physical books, Ebooks or audio books?? (/there is not wrong answer)

Free space (Ask any question you want)

Name a book that you own starting with (Pick a letter). Have you read it?? Did you like it?? If you haven’t read it, are you looking forwards to it.

First book that comes to mind, tell us about it. Rant

Have you ever bought a book because the cover was so nice??

Can you leave a series unfinished or do you have to own all the books and try them all??

How do you think you would be described if you was in a book??

“They edged towards the shaking box that had just been delivered.” Should they open it?? You decide what happens next.

How do you organise your shelves??

What do you do to mark your pages??

Do you have a lot of bookmarks?? or just a few??

Favourite bookmark??

Is there a book that you think everyone should read??

Favourite genre??

What book that has made you cry??

How do you feel when you find a typo/spelling error in a book??

Do you put a book under your pillow at night??

How do people read in the bath?? Please tell me, I’m scared of getting my book wet….

Free rant, go ahead, we all know you want to. 

Favourite book quote, go.

Do you take your own book photos??

Do you have a bookish tattoo?? Do you want one??

How many books do you take when you go out??

Do you write, highlight, underline etc in your books

Worse book you’ve ever read??

Hello, dear.

I’m sorry this took long, I was intending on making a short summary but I eneded up -accidentally- making a lesson about Masdar. 

The level of the information on this lesson is : advanced

What is a masdar?

As you know, there isn’t an infinitive form for the verbs in Arabic, the equivalent is Masdar, i.e. a noun that has the meaning of the action but without the indication of a certain tense (unlike the verb which has an action + tense).

Masdar for form I

The patterns for forms II – X are all relatively easy, but the pattern for Form I فَعَلَ  (and its variations فَعُلَ  and فَعِلَ) is a bit tricky since there are several options, and I’ll try to sum them up in this list:

According to M. Algalaeeni, the possible masdar patterns for triconsonotal roots (roots of verbs that have three letters) are:

The masdar for all the other forms (II to X)

It might be helpful if you use the verb patterns to find the masdar for the remaining patterns, I’ll sum this up in the table and include a few examples for each Masdar.

Some tips : 

It’s a good idea to memorize examples instead of just the pattern which might become overwhelming since there are too many of them, and keep on revising them. 

I included all the patterns to help you see the logic behind the masdars, but you could use the information to sort and categorize similar words so that you could memorize them faster.

And if you come across any masdar when you’re reading a book or if you’re listening to something in Arabic, I recommend noting it down and seeing where it falls in that list for practice.

As for exceptions/irregular masdars maybe you were referring to verbs that have the vowel  (alif)ا in them? In that case you need to return the alif to its original form (either و  or ي then follow the patterns).

Books 

As for books, I have this post with textbook recommendations by @wonderful-language-sounds. Maybe someone could recommend any helpful books that have lessons about masdar?

I intend to prepare a short practice sheet for Masdar based on this lesson, and link it to this post since you also needed some practice, but for now I wanted to share the lesson summary.