Grammar
- Nouns
- Pronouns I, Questions
- Definite Article
- Adjectives
- Dual Nouns, Pronouns
- Plural Nouns, Pronouns
- Possession
| Plural |
In Arabic, there are two types of noun and adjective plural forms: sound (regular) plurals, and broken (irregular) plurals. Masculine sound plural nouns end in ون and feminine sound plural nouns end in ات.
teachers |
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beginners |
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muslims |
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thinkers |
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translators |
Usually feminine inanimate nouns that end in ta marbuta take the feminine sound plural.
words |
word |
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tables |
table |
There are some important exceptions to this rule though.
cities |
city |
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box |
box |
There are also some masculine nouns, usually borrowed words, that take the feminine sound plural.
televisions |
television |
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radios |
radio |
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telephones |
telephone |
The masculine sound plural is never used with inanimate nouns.
Adjectives
Adjectives that modify masculine nouns end in ون, and adjectives
that modify feminine nouns end in ات.
beautiful |
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poor |
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tired |
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bad |
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sad |
Irregular Plurals
Lots of irregular adjectives.
big |
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hungry |
Irregular Plurals
Arabic has lots of irregular plurals- known as broken plurals. The plural form
is expressed by changing the stem of the singular form.
men |
man |
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women |
woman |
For people nouns that have both masculine and feminine forms, often the feminine plural is regular and the masculine plural irregular.
students (f.) |
students (m.) |
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professors / teachers (f.) |
professors / teachers (m.) |
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experts (f.) |
experts (m.) |
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friends (f.) |
friends (m.) |
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colleagues (f.) |
colleagues (m.) |
| Pronouns |
Following are the plural subject pronouns.
we |
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you (plural m.) |
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you (plural f.) |
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they (plural m.) |
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they (plural f.) |
They are teachers (f.). |
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They are teachers (m.). |
نحنُ is also used for dual 'we'. هؤلاء is the both the masculine and the feminine form of these.
These are friends(feminine). |
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These are friends(masculine). |