Archive for November, 2009
Subject-Verb Agreement in Arabic Posted by aziza on Nov 7, 2009
In this post, I explain an important yet simple rule related to subject-verb agreement in Arabic. When the verb follows the subject, it must agree with it in number and gender, e.g. الطلاب يدرسون في الجامعة. “Students (masc.) study at university.” الطالبان يدرسان في الجامعة. “Students (dual, masc.) study at university.” الطالبات يدرسن في الجامعة…
Arabic case marking with feminine plurals Posted by aziza on Nov 3, 2009
In this post, I explain the use of the case marking system with sound feminine plurals. Sound feminine plural nouns and adjectives end with (ات). They are marked for their case with vowels like singular nouns. However, they have special markings. In the nominative case, i.e. when the noun is used as the subject of…
Arabic Case marking with masculine plurals Posted by aziza on Nov 2, 2009
In this post, I explain the use of the case marking system with sound masculine plurals. There are 2 endings that can be used with sound masculine plural nouns and adjectives, i.e. (ون) and (ين). In the nominative case, i.e. when the noun is used as the subject of a verbal sentence or as a…