{"id":16537,"date":"2019-01-23T06:00:57","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T06:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=16537"},"modified":"2019-01-22T20:55:14","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T20:55:14","slug":"how-to-use-the-dual-form-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%92%d9%85%d9%8f%d8%ab%d9%8e%d9%86%d9%91%d9%8e%d9%89-in-arabic-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/how-to-use-the-dual-form-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%92%d9%85%d9%8f%d8%ab%d9%8e%d9%86%d9%91%d9%8e%d9%89-in-arabic-part-one\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use the Dual form \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0645\u064f\u062b\u064e\u0646\u0651\u064e\u0649 in Arabic? Part one"},"content":{"rendered":"

Learning Arabic plurals is not easy, I\u2019ll admit, but… we cannot forget the dual form in Arabic <\/strong>\u0627\u0644\u0652\u0645\u064f\u062b\u064e\u0646\u0651\u064e\u0649<\/strong> which is a separate form for talking about two<\/u> people<\/span>, things<\/span>, or actions<\/span>. It\u2019s important to know how to use the dual in Arabic because we cannot simply use the plural form instead. The dual form can be used for nouns, pronouns, adjectives and verbs. In this post, we\u2019ll focus on nouns and pronouns.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s pretend you went to a library and you wanted to borrow two books, how would you say, \u201ctwo books\u201d? Would you say \u0625\u062b\u0646\u064a\u0646\/\u0625\u062b\u0646\u0627\u0646 \u0643\u0650\u062a\u0627\u0628<\/strong> or \u0625\u062b\u0646\u064a\u0646\/\u0625\u062b\u0646\u0627\u0646 \u0643\u064f\u062a\u0628<\/strong>? Do either of these sound right?<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s first look at nouns<\/u>: There are two separate dual endings for nouns: (aan) <\/strong>\u0627\u0646<\/strong><\/span> used for the nominative case (for the subject of a sentence),<\/p>\n

e.g. .\u0647\u064e\u0630\u064e\u0627\u0646 \u0643\u0650\u062a\u064e\u0627\u0628\u064e\u0627\u0646<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>These are two books. (notice how \u201c\u0647\u0630\u0627\u201d can also be in the dual form)<\/p>\n

And (ayn) <\/strong>\u064a\u064e\u0646<\/strong> <\/span>used for the genitive case (after prepositions), and accusative case (for the object of a verb),<\/p>\n

e.g.: .\u0623\u0646\u064e\u0627 \u0623\u0642\u0631\u064e\u0623\u064f \u0643\u0650\u062a\u064e\u0627\u0628\u064a\u0652\u0646<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>I am reading two books.<\/p>\n

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If the noun is feminine<\/strong> ending with a \u0629<\/strong><\/span>, then we first change the \u0629<\/strong><\/span> to a \u062a<\/strong> <\/span>then add either \u0627\u0646<\/strong> or \u064a\u064e\u0646<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

e.g.: \u0634\u064e\u062c\u064e\u0631\u064e\u0629\u064c<\/strong> tree becomes \u0634\u064e\u062c\u064e\u0631\u064e\u062a\u0627\u0646\u0650<\/strong> or \u0634\u064e\u062c\u064e\u0631\u064e\u062a\u064e\u064a\u0646\u0650<\/strong> two trees<\/p>\n

.\u0627\u0644\u0634\u062c\u0631\u062a\u0627\u0646 \u0643\u0628\u064a\u0631\u062a\u0627\u0646<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 The two trees are big.<\/p>\n

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Pronouns<\/u>: We can only apply the dual to two pronouns<\/u>: \u201cyou plural\u201d \u0623\u0646\u062a\u064f\u0645<\/strong>, and \u201cthey\u201d \u0647\u064f\u0645<\/strong>. By adding an \u201calif\u201d to the end you get the dual form.<\/p>\n

\u0623\u0646\u062a\u064f\u0645<\/strong> becomes \u0623\u0646\u0652\u062a\u064f\u0645\u0627<\/strong> (used for both genders) e.g.: .\u0623\u0646\u062a\u0645\u0627 \u062a\u0639\u0628\u0627\u0646\u0627\u0646<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>You two are tired.<\/p>\n

\u0647\u064f\u0645<\/strong> becomes \u0647\u064f\u0645\u0627<\/strong> (used for both genders) \u00a0e.g.: .\u0647\u0645\u0627 \u0645\u0634\u0647\u0648\u0631\u0627\u0646<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 They (two) are famous.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll talk more about the dual form for adjectives and verbs in the next post.<\/p>\n

How often have you come across dual forms in your Arabic studies? Do you think the dual form is useful? And for those of you learning a dialect, what does the dual form look like in spoken Arabic, is it the same as MSA?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"Photo

Learning Arabic plurals is not easy, I\u2019ll admit, but… we cannot forget the dual form in Arabic \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0645\u064f\u062b\u064e\u0646\u0651\u064e\u0649 which is a separate form for talking about two people, things, or actions. It\u2019s important to know how to use the dual in Arabic because we cannot simply use the plural form instead. The dual form can…<\/p>\n

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