Comparative Study of English and Arabic: Common Noun vs Isim Nakirah and Proper Noun vs Isim Ma’rifah.

Sa'adah, Nailah ' Ainayis (2020) Comparative Study of English and Arabic: Common Noun vs Isim Nakirah and Proper Noun vs Isim Ma’rifah. Undergraduate thesis, Universitas Islam Negeri Kiai Haji Achmad Siddiq Jember.

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Abstract

In Indonesia there are many pesantrens or Islamic schools in which English and Arabic become compulsory subjects. In grammar, English and Arabic have some similarities and differences. Sometimes, in those institutions, Arabic is taught more intensely than English is, which makes students understand Arabic easier than English. This is known from preliminary observation that most of students usually have difficulties in understanding common and proper noun. Students tend to interpret common and proper noun same as isim nakirah and isim ma’rifah, eventhough there are some differences between the use of both of them. There are three research questions of this research: (1) What are the differences and similarities between common noun and isim nakirah?, (2) What are the differences and similarities between proper noun and isim ma’rifah?, and (3) What is the implication of the comparison between common noun vs isim nakirah and proper noun vs isim ma’rifah in the teaching of English and Arabic?. Objective of the research are: (1) To identify the differences and similarities between common noun and isim nakirah, (2) To identify the differences and similarities between proper noun and isim ma’rifah, and (3) To find the implication of the comparison between common noun vs isim nakirah and proper noun vs isim ma’rifah in the teaching of English and Arabic. To answer the research questions, the researcher used library research which is one of qualitative method. The data collect from any literature which divided into primary data and secondary data. This research used descriptive analysis and qualitative comparative analysis. After analyzing the data, this research found that: (1) Both common noun and isim nakirah indicate to general meaning which is not specific and uncertain to definite noun. But,common nouns tend to refer to almost kinds of nouns. While isim nakirah refers to noun that do not included in seven characteristics of isim ma'rifah. (2) Both proper noun and isim ma’rifah have special or specific meaning and do not have double interpretation or unclear meaning. But, proper noun tends to refer to the name, brand or label of a certain person, place or thing. While isim ma’rifah refers to something not only name, but it also refers to isim d{ami<r, isim maws{u<l, isim isya<rah, al-ismu muqtaronu bi al, al- Al-muna<da< al-maqs{u<d bi annida<i, and muz{a<f ila al-ma’rifah. (3) Alternative solutions that appropriate for teaching common noun in grammar and Nahwu Dual-Language Method, Grammar Translation Method and Concept Map

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