Arabic Text:
وهي تحب صناعة الفخار، لكن زوجها يفضل الرسم، وخاصةً بالألوان المائية.

English Translation:
She likes pottery, but her husband prefers painting, especially watercolours.

Grammar Notes:
Lesson: Understanding the Arabic Sentence "وهي تحب صناعة الفخار، لكن زوجها يفضل الرسم، وخاصةً بالألوان المائية."

1. Breakdown of the Sentence:

وهي (wa hiya):
- و (wa): means "and."
- هي (hiya): means "she."
- Together: "وهي" means "and she."

تحب (tuḥibbu):
- تحب (tuḥibbu): means "loves" or "likes."
- Infinitive: "حب" (ḥubb) - "to love" or "to like."
- Together: "تحب" means "she loves" or "she likes."

صناعة (ṣināʿat):
- صناعة (ṣināʿat): means "making" or "craft."
- Infinitive: "صنع" (ṣanaʿa) - "to make" or "to craft."
- Together: "صناعة" means "making" or "crafting."

الفخار (al-fukhār):
- الفخار (al-fukhār): means "pottery."
- Together: "صناعة الفخار" means "pottery making" or "crafting pottery."

لكن (lakin):
- لكن (lakin): means "but."
- Together: "لكن" means "but."

زوجها (zawjuha):
- زوج (zawj): means "husband."
- ها (ha): is a possessive suffix meaning "her."
- Together: "زوجها" means "her husband."

يفضل (yufaḍḍilu):
- يفضل (yufaḍḍilu): means "prefers."
- Infinitive: "فضل" (faḍḍala) - "to prefer."
- Together: "يفضل" means "he prefers."

الرسم (ar-rasm):
- الرسم (ar-rasm): means "drawing" or "painting."
- Infinitive: "رسم" (rasama) - "to draw" or "to paint."
- Together: "الرسم" means "drawing" or "painting."

وخاصةً (wa khāṣṣatan):
- و (wa): means "and."
- خاصةً (khāṣṣatan): means "especially."
- Together: "وخاصةً" means "and especially."

بالألوان (bi-l-alwān):
- بـ (bi-): is a preposition meaning "with" or "by."
- الألوان (al-alwān): means "colors."
- Together: "بالألوان" means "with colors."

المائية (al-mā’iyyah):
- المائية (al-mā’iyyah): means "water" or "watercolor."
- Together: "بالألوان المائية" means "with watercolors."

2. Full Sentence Breakdown:

وهي تحب صناعة الفخار، لكن زوجها يفضل الرسم، وخاصةً بالألوان المائية.
- "And she loves pottery making, but her husband prefers painting, especially with watercolors."

3. General Grammar Tip:

In Arabic, the conjunction و (wa) is used to connect phrases or sentences, similar to "and" in English. Additionally, possessive suffixes like ها (ha) for "her" are attached directly to nouns to indicate possession.

4. Related Words:

- الزراعة (al-zirāʿah): means "farming."
- Example: هي تحب الزراعة. (Hiya tuḥibbu al-zirāʿah.) - She loves farming.

- النحت (al-naḥt): means "sculpting."
- Example: هو يفضل النحت. (Huwa yufaḍḍilu al-naḥt.) - He prefers sculpting.

- التلوين (al-talwīn): means "coloring."
- Example: الأطفال يحبون التلوين. (Al-aṭfāl yuḥibbūna al-talwīn.) - The children love coloring.

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