Phrasal verbs in English and Arabic : a comparative study

الملخص EN

The present study tries to shed light on an area of language that has been given its due attention.

Yet, it tries to investigate phrasal verbs.

The construction of the Ph Vs consists of a verb which could be a monosyllabic verb of action or movement for instance care get, see, and one or more particles.

The meaning of these Ph Vs can not be predicted by knowing the meaning of the combining parts.

Owing to this fact, Ph Vs are difficult (here difficulty means as Littre maintains (1962: 54), any obstacle that prevents achieving certain objectives and incentive the challenge and require a great deal of effort and thinking (as cited in Khursheed) to be mastered by English language learners.