This research is about differences and similarities of
phrase construction in Arabic and Indonesian. The approach in this
paper was a descriptive qualitative analysis approach. The findings of
this study revealed that some construction of the phrase structure is
the same. Subordinative noun phrases are equivalent to idhafah in
Arabic, Indonesian adjective phrases are similar to na'at in Arabic,
Indonesian coordinative phrases are similar with athaf in Arabic and
Indonesian prepositional phrases are similar to syibhul-jumlah in
Arabic. However, there are differences between both languages
which can be found in Idhafah in Arabic, some vocabulary cannot be
called phrases in Arabic, and vice versa. Differences can also be
found in the use of athaf letters in the equivalent of coordinative
phrases. The differences are also found in the numeral phrases and
murakkab adadi. Even taukid and tarkib majazi do not have the
equivalent in Indonesian. The differences are not only due to
structural aspects, but also by differences in cultural concepts and
expressions. This study implies that errors can be predicted in the
construction of Indonesian student phrases and the production of
translations of Arabic phrases that are different from the construction
of Indonesian phrases. The differences were found not only in the
structure but also in differences in cultural concepts. This study
shows that mistakes can be predicted from the formation of phrases
and the translation of Arabic sentences that are different from the
structure of Indonesian language.