Nominal Sentence (3) :
Feminine nouns & adjectives
Feminine nouns
As examples of nominal sentences, we will use some of the feminine nouns in the previous lesson. The first must be definite, and the second indefinite.
Nominal sentences (with feminine nouns)
| English | Arabic
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| The girl is a student | البنتُ طالبةٌ
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| The princess is a writer | الأميرةُ كاتبةٌ
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| The president is a doctor
| اَلرَّئِيْسَةُ طبيبَةٌ
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Forming feminine adjectives
The feminine of an adjective is formed by adding a ة to the masculine, the same way a feminine noun is formed from the masculine.
Feminine adjectives
| English | Arabic
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| new | جَدِيْدَةٌ
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| young | صَغِيْرَةٌ
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| beautiful | جَمِيْلـَةٌ
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We can then use these adjectives with feminine nouns to form nominal sentences, as shown below
Nominal Sentences (with feminine adjectives)
| English | Arabic
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| The car is new | السيارةُ جَدِيْدَةٌ
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| The girl is young | البنتُ صَغِيْرَةٌ
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| The garden is beautiful | الحديقةُ جَمِيْلـَةٌ
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Vocabulary
| English | Arabic
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| room | غُرْفة
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| window | نَافِذة
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| tree | شَجَرة
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| refrigerator | ثَلّاجة
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| table | طاوِلة
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| quick | سَريعة
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| long | طَويلة
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| wide/spacious | واسِعة
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| expensive | غالِية
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| tall | عالِية
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Exercise
Using words you have learnt so far, make a number of sentences, bearing in mind to make the second noun agree with the first in gender if the former is an adjective.