Tag Archives: Dual
practice the dual Posted by aziza on Oct 23, 2012
In Arabic, dual forms can be very confusing to speakers of English who learn Arabic as a foreign language. This is basically because there is no dual in English, and it is very easy to miss dual in Arabic sentences. In this post, I aim to give you a chance to practice different dual forms…
The use of dual relative pronouns Posted by aziza on Jul 7, 2011
The relative pronouns (الأسماء الموصولة) are used after definite nouns to provide additional information about them, and they are followed by complete sentences, e.g. أحب الكتاب الذي أدرسه. “I like the book which I study.” أحب الكتابين اللذين أدرسهما. “I like the books which I study.” (dual) أحب الكتب التي أدرسها. “I like the books…
Tricky Dual (both) Posted by aziza on May 23, 2010
Dual can be very tricky at times. The word (كِلا) in Arabic means ‘both’ in English. It is used mainly as part of an idaafa construction, either with a definite noun (كِلا الطالبان) ‘both students’ or a pronoun, e.g. (كِلاهما) ‘both of them’. Many people erroneously use (كِلا) with both masculine and feminine, without realizing…
Arabic Case Marking with the Dual Posted by aziza on Oct 31, 2009
In previous posts, I explained the case marking system and the dual. In this post, I put explain them together in order to make their use together clearer. There are 2 endings that can be used with dual nouns and adjectives, i.e. (ان) and (ـَيْن). In the nominative case, i.e. when the noun is used…
Practice Dual and Plural Agreement – Answers Posted by aziza on Sep 24, 2009
I hope you have had a chance to practice changing the sentences in the previous post into dual and then into plural. In this post, I provide the answers to the exercise set in the previous post. You can check your answers against the sentences below. Dual 1. هذان هما المهندسان المصريان اللذان يعملان في…
Practice Dual and Plural Agreement Posted by aziza on Sep 21, 2009
In this post, I offer you a chance to practice much of the knowledge you have about dual and plural agreement and to practice the information presented earlier about agreement and about the case marking system. Today, you are asked to change the sentences below into dual, and then to change the same sentences into…