4/20/2017 ArabicNouns,FeminineandPlural

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Learn Arabic
ArabicTranslation
ArabicCalligraphy InthislessonwewilllearnhowtodealwithArabicnouns,especiallyhowtoformthefemininefromthemasculine,thanhowtoformthe
Alphabet(Audio)new! pluralfromasingular,onceyoulearnhowtodoit,youwillalsobeabletoformthemviceversaeasily.
Vowels

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Articles MasculinetoFeminineinArabic:
Numbers ToformafemininewordfromthemasculineinArabic,yousimplyaddtaamarbutawhichlookslike()or()dependingonthe
Pronouns
worditsconnectedto.Usuallyforanimals,humansandprofessionsforexample:
Feminine&Plural
Verbs
PresentTense kalb(dogmasculine)kalba(dogfeminine)
Adjectives tefl(childmasculine)tefla(childfeminine)
Comparison mohandes(engineermasculine)mohandesa(engineerfeminine)
Prepositions
Questions&Negation Itspossiblealsoformostadjectives&someothernouns:
ArabicReading Sadeeq(friendmasculine)Sadeeqa(friendfeminine)
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Hazeen(sadmasculine)hazeena(sadfeminine)
HowtoLearnArabic Kabeer(bigmasculine)kabeera(bigfeminine)
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Arabic Howevernotallanimalsorhumansmasculinescantakeataamarbuta(),intheirfeminineform,forexample:
IntrotoArabicPronouns Asad(lion)Laboa(lioness)
ImportantArabicPhrases But
ArabicJobOpportunities Walad(boy)Bent(girl)
ReadingArabicScript
InArabic,wordsareeithermasculineorfeminine,soanythingyoumaythinkofshouldtakeeitherfeminineormasculineform,nowyou
DialectsofArabic
ArabicBusinessCulture canrecognizeifawordisfeminineormasculinebyitsending,forexample:
ArabicKeyboard Qessa(story)isfemininebecauseasyoumayhavenoticedithastaamarbuta(),attheendoftheword,similarare:
InstallArabic Shajara(tree),Saheefa(newspaper),Kora(ball),Ghorfa(room),Bohaira(lake)andthereforetheadjective
VocabularyList followingthesefemininewordsshouldalsotakethefeminineform(addataamarbuta(),tothem)
MostArabicnounsareconsideredmasculineifnotaamarbutaisconnectedtothem,howeverlikeanyotherlanguagethereare
Adjectives
Animals exceptions:
Body
Food&House ArabicNouns
Occupations&School Skysamaaisfeminineevenifthereisnotaamarbuta(),attheendoftheword,
Places&Sport Windreehisfeminineevenifitsnotendingwithataamarbuta.
Time&Weather Alsosomemasculinepropernamesareendingwithtaamarbutabutstillconsideredmasculine
Verbs
ByAlphabet(AB)(new)
nameforexample:osama,hamza.
ByAlphabet(CD)(new)
ByAlphabet(EF)(new) Thegoodnewsisthattheyarenotmany,andthegeneralruleisaddataamarbuta(),toformthefemininefromamasculine
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SingulartoPluralinArabic:
InArabictoformthepluralweusetwomethods:addasuffixorchangethebodyoftheword(toformanirregularplural).
Asuffix(aat)isaddedtoformapluralusuallywhenawordendswithataamarbuta(),,butbeforeaddingthesuffixwefirst
havetoomittheexisting(),:
Forexample:
Shajara(atree)Shajaraat(trees).Sothebodyhereisshajartoformthefeminineweaddtoittaamarbuta(),,
toformthepluralweaddthesuffixaatasyoucanseeintheexampleabove.
Wecanalsoaddthesuffix(aat)eventowordsnotendingwithtaamarbuta(),,forexample:
Qitar(train)Qitaraat(trains)
Mashroob(drink)Mashroobaat(drinks)

Anothersuffix(een)isaddedtoformthepluralofsomewords(especiallynationalities,religions,professions)
Amreki(American)amrekieen(Americans)
Moslem(Moslem)Moslemeen(Moslems)
Motarjem(translator)Motarjemeen(translators)

Nowwewillmovetotheirregularforms,youwillnoticethattherearemanyofthem,soitsadvisedtolearnwordswiththeirplurals,and
mostdictionarieswritethedefinitionofwordswiththeirpluralform,anditsnotthathardasitseems,withpracticeallambiguitieswillbe
clear.

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ThetablebelowshowsmostofformsthatapluralcantakeinArabic,thewordswithquestionmarksareourmodelwords,andtoconvert
awordtheirregularwayyoufirstneedto:removethequestionmarkandaddaconsonantforeachquestionmark,forexampletheword
bookmeansketaabinArabic,toformthepluralIwroteinthetablebelowhowtoformitbyshowingyoutheformwithquestion
marks(?u?u?),meaningketaab?u?u?kutub.Ifyouremovetheconsonantofthewordketaabrespectivelyandputtheminour
modelword,youwillhavekutub,whichisobviouslythepluralofketaab(book),samethingwithotherexamplesbelow:

ArabicPlural
?u?uu? a??aa? a??u?(rare) ?u?a?
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?a?a?e?a ??a?e? ?u?u? ?u?aa?a
jabbaarjababera(tyrants) madrasamadares(schools) ketaabkotob(books) WasiyaWasaaya(wills)

usqufasaaqefa(bishops) markabmarakeb(boats) safeenasufun(ships) Hadiyahadaaya(gifts)

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?a?aae? a??e?a ?u??aa?* (rare) ?u?a?aa
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(details+delivery) (prisoners)
Hazeemahazaaem(losses) Hezaamahzema(belts) TajerTujjar(merchant)
Jabaanjubanaa
*thesecondconsonantis (cowards)
doubled

TherearesomeotherformsofformingthepluralinArabic,buttheyareveryrare,soyoudonthavetoworryaboutthemrightnow.

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