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Dual

المثـنى

In addition to the masculine / feminine distinction we've already seen, Arabic has singular, dual and plural forms of pronouns, nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc. The singular form is used when referring to one person or thing, the dual subject pronoun to refer to two people or two things, and the plural form when referring to more than two people or things.

ان is added at the end of noun to indicate that it is dual- representing two people or objects.

(two) students	طالبـتان	طالبـان
(two) professors / teachers	أستاذتان	أستاذان
(two) teachers	معلمتان	معلمـان
(two) experts	خبيرتان	خبيران
(two) friends	صديقتان	صديقان
(two) colleagues	زميلتان	زميلـان
(two) men	-	رجلـان
(two) women	امرأتان	-

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ان is also added to the end of adjectives that modify a dual noun.

beautiful / handsome	جميلتـان	جميلـان
young	شابتـان	شابـان
poor	فقيرتـان	فقيران

(two) beautiful women	امرأتان جميلتـان.
(two) poor female students	طالبـتان فقيرتان.
(two) handsome men	رجلان جميلان

Pronouns

الضمائر

Following are the dual subject pronouns..

you (dual m/f)	أنتُما
they (dual m/f)	هُما

You (dual) are a thinker.	أنتُما مفكّران.
They (dual) feminine are a translator.	هُما مترجمتان.
They (dual) are Arabs.	هُما عربيّان.
They (dual) are arabs (feminine).	هما عربيتان.
You (dual) are happy.	أنتُما سعيدان.

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