{"id":12293,"date":"2017-11-24T13:41:05","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T13:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=12293"},"modified":"2017-12-20T08:48:41","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T08:48:41","slug":"plural-or-singular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/plural-or-singular\/","title":{"rendered":"Plural or singular?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some English words are always plural, e.g.\u00a0 trousers,\u00a0 jeans, socks, scissors, tweezers, glasses, spectacles, among others.<\/p>\n

When translating these words into Arabic, we have singular nouns, e.g.<\/p>\n

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trousers = \u0633\u0631\u0648\u0627\u0644\u00a0\/ \u0628\u0646\u0637\u0627\u0644<\/p>\n

\u0647\u0630\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0631\u0648\u0627\u0644 \u0642\u0635\u064a\u0631 \u062c\u062f\u0627\u064b.<\/p>\n

These trousers are very short.<\/p>\n

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jeans = \u062c\u064a\u0646\u0632<\/p>\n

\u0647\u0644 \u0647\u0630\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u064a\u0646\u0632 \u062c\u062f\u064a\u062f\u061f<\/p>\n

Are these jeans new?<\/p>\n

socks = \u062c\u0648\u0631\u0628<\/p>\n

\u0641\u0642\u062f\u062a \u062c\u0648\u0631\u0628\u064a \u062a\u062d\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0631\u064a\u0631.<\/p>\n

I lost my socks under the bed.<\/p>\n

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scissors = \u0645\u0642\u0635<\/p>\n

\u0623\u0639\u0637\u0646\u064a \u0647\u0630\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0642\u0635.<\/p>\n

Give me these scissors.<\/p>\n

tweezers = \u0645\u0644\u0642\u0637<\/p>\n

\u0627\u0644\u062c\u0631\u0627\u062d \u064a\u062d\u062a\u0627\u062c \u0645\u0644\u0642\u0637 \u062c\u0631\u0627\u062d\u064a \u062c\u062f\u064a\u062f.<\/p>\n

The surgeon needs new surgical tweezers.<\/p>\n

glasses, spectacles = \u0646\u0638\u0627\u0631\u0629<\/p>\n

\u0647\u0630\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0638\u0627\u0631\u0629 \u063a\u0627\u0644\u064a\u0629 \u062c\u062f\u0627\u064b.<\/p>\n

These glasses are very expensive.<\/p>\n

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In all these cases, the Arabic words are singular and al the accompanying agreement rules reflect this, e.g. the use of (\u0647\u0630\u0627), while the English words are plural and the accompanying agreement rules reflect this.<\/p>\n

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Some English words are always plural, e.g.\u00a0 trousers,\u00a0 jeans, socks, scissors, tweezers, glasses, spectacles, among others. When translating these words into Arabic, we have singular nouns, e.g.   trousers = \u0633\u0631\u0648\u0627\u0644\u00a0\/ \u0628\u0646\u0637\u0627\u0644 \u0647\u0630\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0631\u0648\u0627\u0644 \u0642\u0635\u064a\u0631 \u062c\u062f\u0627\u064b. These trousers are very short. jeans = \u062c\u064a\u0646\u0632 \u0647\u0644 \u0647\u0630\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u064a\u0646\u0632 \u062c\u062f\u064a\u062f\u061f Are these jeans new? socks = \u062c\u0648\u0631\u0628…<\/p>\n

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