الزمن المطلق في اللغة العربية : دراسة وصفية

Abstract EN

This study is designed to shed some light on an illusion that many learners of Arabic could have when studying the concept of tense in Arabic.

This illusion manifests itself in two ways: the first way is that Arabic has limited approaches to indicate tense, only by using the three verbal constructions, namely the past verb, the present verb and order of command verbs.

However, the fact is that Arabic has many approaches which can be used to indicate time.

For example, time can be inferred through: abstract verbs, augmented verbs, gerund, present participle and past participle.

The second way goes to the idea that says time is related only to verbs, not to nouns while, in fact, nouns can indicate tense in many contexts.

This study aims to show the ways by which Arabic can express absolute time through examining such usages.

Arabic has multi-abilities to express the absolute time, that it can express the absolute time by the infinitive forms, increased forms (augmented), some nouns (present participle, past participle and gerund) and constructions.

This study divides the absolute time in Arabic into three patterns: the habitual action, absolute action, and the stability of the action and its regeneration.

This study implemented the descriptive analytical method through which some standard Arabic passages can be investigated in order to find out concrete examples that show how verbs and some nouns can indicate absolute time.

This study has limited its scope for the absolute time.

The study did not refer to the time past, present and future, except in situations that needed to be mentioned.