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Plural adjectives in Arabic?
What is the rule for plural adjectives in Arabic? Is it different between human/non-human and masculine/feminine? Would "tired students" be طلاب تعبان or طلاب تعبانين?
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طلاب تعبانين : is the right term, and it's a colloquial term...
طلاب متعبون : is the classical term ( the formal one)..
طلاب : is plural, طالب: is singular..
That's right about Arabic. Adjectives follow nouns in terms of " masculine/feminine"..
Examples..
مدينة جميلة= beautiful city( مدينة is feminine)
بيت جميل= beautiful house ( بيت is masculine)
طلاب متبعون= tired (male) students
طالبات متعبات = tired( female/girls students)
All nouns in Arabic are divided into "masculine/feminine" nouns..
The irrational( non-human) nouns are modified by adjectives depending on their sex term"masculine/feminine"
طلاب متعبون : is the classical term ( the formal one)..
طلاب : is plural, طالب: is singular..
That's right about Arabic. Adjectives follow nouns in terms of " masculine/feminine"..
Examples..
مدينة جميلة= beautiful city( مدينة is feminine)
بيت جميل= beautiful house ( بيت is masculine)
طلاب متبعون= tired (male) students
طالبات متعبات = tired( female/girls students)
All nouns in Arabic are divided into "masculine/feminine" nouns..
The irrational( non-human) nouns are modified by adjectives depending on their sex term"masculine/feminine"
طلاب تعبانين = Arabic slang
طلاب تعبانون = Formal Arabic
use تعبان when you want to say " i'm tired " = أنا تعبان ( slang)
طلاب تعبانون = Formal Arabic
use تعبان when you want to say " i'm tired " = أنا تعبان ( slang)
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