The type of sentence is determined by the number and type of clauses it contains. It falls into one of the following:
انواع الجمل تحددها العبارات التي تحتويها. وتنقسم الجمل للانواع التاليه :
Simple sentence
جمله بسيطه
A simple sentence conveys a single idea. It has only one subject and one verb.
الجمله البسيطه تحمل معنى واحد و مفعول وفعل واحد
EXAMPLE:
مثال
She is my girlfriend.
/ I am bored.
/ That is a fat monkey.
Complex Sentence
الجمله المعقده
A complex sentence has one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
الجمله البسطيه تحتوي على عباره مستقله واحده و على الاقل عباره تابعه واحده.
The independent clause is called the main clause, and the dependent clause is called the subordinate clause.
تعتبر العباره المستلقه هي العباره الرئيسيه في الجمله هي شبه الجمله الثانويه
These clauses are joined by conjunctions which include: as, as if, even if, if, because, unless, etc.
تربط العبارات بمجموعه من حروف العطف
EXAMPLE: As she is a big bully, I stay away from her. / I will do it if I have the time.
The main clauses are in bold; the subordinate clauses are not.
Compound Sentence
الجمله المركبه
compound sentence is composed of at least two clauses or sentences joined together by a conjunction, i.e. words like: and, but, for, nor, or, so, therefore, either ... or, neither ... nor, not only ...
but also, etc.,
تتألف الجمله المركبه من عبارتين او جملتين على الاقل ترتبط سوياً بمجموعه من حروف العطف.
or punctuated by a semi-colon.
يتم تنقيطها ب ؛ الفارزه المنقوطه
A compound sentence consists of at least two Independent or Main Clauses and verbs.
الجمله المركبه تتألف على الاقل من عبارتين مستقلتين او عباره رئيسيه و فعل.
The subordinate or dependent clause may or may not be present in a compound sentence.
It is possible for a compound sentence to have three, four or more independent clauses. But commonly, it contains only two clauses.
EXAMPLE:I am skinny and you are obese. (Two main clauses joined by a conjunction.)
EXAMPLE: I know what you know. (Main clause: I know; subordinate clause: what you know)
EXAMPLE: I always tell you what I know but you never tell me what you know.
The last example shows a sentence with two main clauses and two subordinate clauses.
Compound-complex Sentence
الجمله المعقده المركبه
A compound-complex sentence has at least two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.
تحتوي على عبارتين رئيسيتين وعلى الاقل عباره ثانويه واحده.
EXAMPLE:
Although the car is old,
it still runs well,
and we intend to keep it.