The main concern of this article is to provide an analysis of the syntactic classes of Arabic passive participle forms and discuss their translations based on a comparative study of two English Quranic translations by Ali (1934) and Pickthall (1930). The study attempts to answer two questions: (a) Should we translate the Arabic passive participle into an English nominal, verbal, adjectival or adverbial? and (b) What are the factors that determine the choice of one translation or the other? So, it compares the two translations to analyze the different English translations of the Arabic passive participle. A corpus of 350 sentences has been randomly selected from the source text, together with their 700 translations in the target texts. The two translations of all the sentences are compared and analyzed in terms of syntactic and semantic features. The various English translations of the Arabic passive participle forms are presented with a count of the examples representing them in the corpus and their percentages. Then, the contextual reference of each translation is studied and accounted for.

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This paper proposes a model for translating Standard Arabic perfect verbs into English based on their contextual references. It starts with a brief introduction to tense and aspect in English and Arabic. Then, it shows the study aim and technique. After that, it provides an analysis of the study results by discussing the various translations of Arabic perfect verbs in the translations of two novels by Naguib Mahfouz, namely Autumn Quail and Wedding Song. The study compares the translations with the original texts to highlight the different English renderings of the Arabic perfect verbs. A corpus of 250 sentences was randomly chosen from the two novels, 125 sentences from each novel. The structures in which Arabic perfect verbs occur are classified into four groups: the bare perfect form, ‘/qad/ + perfect’, ‘/kaana/ + /qad/ + perfect’ and ‘/(sa-)yakuun/ + /qad/ + perfect.’ For each class, the various English translations are provided with a count of the examples representing them in the corpus and their percentages. Then, the contextual reference of each translation is explained.

This paper offers a contrastive analysis of the genitive constructions in English and Standard Arabic. It aims at showing the similarities and differences between the two languages in such constructions from the morphological, syntactic and semantic perspectives. It starts with a definition of the term genitive and the various parts in a genitive construction. Then, a brief discussion of the traditional classification of genitive constructions is provided. After that, genitive constructions are dealt with from a morphological perspective. Furthermore, the syntactic structure of genitive phrases is contrasted in both languages. In addition, a semantic classification of genitive constructions in both languages will be provided. Finally, a summary of the convergences and divergences of genitive constructions in the two languages is given in the conclusion.

This paper offers a comparative study of the numerical system in Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial Arabic. It aims to show the correspondences and divergences between the two varieties in relation to the phonology, morphology, and agreement properties of numerals. Arabic numerals are grouped into four classes: cardinals, ordinals, compound numerals and fractions. Each class is treated in a separate section. The paper shows how Egyptian Colloquial Arabic exhibits a simplified system of numerals in contrast to the complexity of numeral formation in Standard Arabic. In addition to the loss of case markers, the colloquial system is largely free from the gender distinction which is connected with the numbered noun.