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Arabic grammar B1 · Lesson 1 of 4

Sound plurals

Many masculine words for people take in the plural, or after a preposition or as an object: (the teachers), . Feminine words replace with : , .

In an idāfa, the of and drops: , . Unlike the verb ending, takes no alif.

Plurals of things, even with , take a feminine singular adjective: , .

Examples

  • المهندسون في المصنع.
  • تحدثت مع المهندسين.
  • الطالبات في المكتبة.
  • لاعبو الفريق سعداء.
  • اشتريت سيارات جديدة.
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