Tag Archives: Agreement
Case marking and agreement in verbal sentences Posted by aziza on Jul 28, 2019
In this post, we learn how to case mark verbal sentences. The verbal sentence (الجملة الفعلية) is a sentence that begins by a verb. The verbal sentence has two main components: the verb (الفعل), the subject (الفاعل), especially if the verb is non-transitive. If the verb is transitive, there is also a third element, i.e. …
Arabic Number-gender Agreement and More Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Aug 16, 2018
As stated in the previous post, the agreement between the gender of the noun and the number that qualifies it is confusingly difficult for native speakers and learners of Arabic alike. This is especially true with cardinal numbers الأَعْدَاد الأَصْلِيَّة. With other number types, the agreement is straightforward and always requires the addition of the…
Subject-Verb Agreement in Arabic Posted by aziza on Dec 7, 2016
In Arabic, subjects and verbs have to agree with each other. Recently, many of my students have been making agreement errors with conjugation because they do not notice how the position of the verb and subject affect agreement. If the verb comes after the subject, it agrees with it in gender and number. If the…
Practice agreement Posted by aziza on Apr 20, 2015
In Arabic, noun adjective agreement is a very important concept. You need to make sure that nouns and adjectives agree with each other in number, gender and definiteness for your sentences to be grammatical and meaningful. In this post, I present you with 10 sentences that you need to complete with the adjectives provided. You…
Practice agreement Posted by aziza on Apr 19, 2015
In Arabic, subject verb agreement is a very important concept. You need to make sure that subjects and verbs agree with each other in number and in gender for your sentences to be grammatical and meaningful. In this post, I present you with 10 sentences that you need to complete with the verbs provided. You…
Find and correct agreement errors Posted by aziza on Dec 8, 2012
In this post, I want you to find and correct agreement errors in the following phrases. You need to make sure that nouns and adjectives agree with each other. After you correct the phrases, scroll down to the bottom of the page to check the correct answers. 1- الشعوب الأوروبيون 2- الأرض الزراعي 3- طالبان ممتازات 4- …
Masculine and Feminine Nouns in Arabic Posted by aziza on May 8, 2010
The distinction of gender into masculine (مذكر) and feminine (مؤنث) is an important feature of Arabic, unlike English where grammatically the great majority of words do not make this distinction clear, e.g. in English ‘student’ does not imply the gender of the person it refers to, while in Arabic (طالب) is masculine while (طالبة) is…