Arabic...

[A L]

I could use help to decipher Arabic...it is hard but I just learn the translations :V

[snowflake]

Decipher? What?

[conanshinichi]

Hey I'm an arab too! I'm from Libya but my Arabic is a bit bad. I have a question though. Sometimes I just don't get when you put agreements for adjectives if the noun is plural or not. For example:

المدارس كبيرة    (The schools are big)

My question is why is it not? :

المدارس كبيرات 

 If you're a muslim. جزاك الله خيرا

[Kudo Ran-san]

When the plural noun is a non-living item, the adjective is usually a singular. 

Example: هذه الأحذية جميلة  (These shoes are nice)

​Notice how we use هذه (This) not هؤلاء (These) to refer to the shoes, as if we were referring to a singular female object

 

This is not the case when talking about living people

Example : هؤلاء الفتيات جميلات (These girls are nice)

Here, we use the plural (These), and the plural adjective

 

I hope this helps

[conanshinichi]

When the plural noun is a non-living item, the adjective is usually a singular. 

Example: هذه الأحذية جميلة  (These shoes are nice)

​Notice how we use هذه (This) not هؤلاء (These) to refer to the shoes, as if we were referring to a singular female object

 

This is not the case when talking about living people

Example : هؤلاء الفتيات جميلات (These girls are nice)

Here, we use the plural (These), and the plural adjective

 

I hope this helps

أشكرك جزيلا. Now that makes a whole lot of sense. You see, I've been brought up in the UK and I used to go to school only twice a week so that's why I'm a bit behind. Thanks   

[Zeaos]

Hi guys I thought I would do this because

- I'm bored

- I want to teach people my language

So anyone wanna pop in just come in and if you have a question ask away...

 

mn wean anti ???

[conanshinichi]

mn wean anti ???

Lol that took me a while to understand cause it's in roman letters.

For Clarification, they said "من أين أنت؟"

[Zeaos]

Lol that took me a while to understand cause it's in roman letters.

For Clarification, they said "من أين أنت؟"

wowo nice :D

[Kudo Ran-san]

you're welcome

[snowflake]

mn wean anti ???

من السعودية

XD Took me a moment to understand that.

When the plural noun is a non-living item, the adjective is usually a singular.

Example: هذه الأحذية جميلة (These shoes are nice)

​Notice how we use هذه (This) not هؤلاء (These) to refer to the shoes, as if we were referring to a singular female object

This is not the case when talking about living people

Example : هؤلاء الفتيات جميلات (These girls are nice)

Here, we use the plural (These), and the plural adjective

I hope this helps

This is true, but as far as I know if the first word, which can kinda be referred to as the subject of the senctence, is جمع مؤنث سالم (plural created by adding ات to the word) then the second word could be either singular or plural correct. Example:

هذه سيارات كثيرة (These are a lot of cars)

هذه سيارات كثيرات (Also "These are a lot of cars)

Here the word كثير/كثيرات both can be used, but هذه (this) cannot be replaced with هؤلاء (these) because هؤلاء can only be used for humans.

Both are correct. I'm not really sure, but it was in my sixth grade grammar book XD

[conanshinichi]

This is true, but as far as I know if the first word, which can kinda be referred to as the subject of the senctence, is جمع مؤنث سالم (plural created by adding ات to the word) then the second word could be either singular or plural correct. Example:

هذه سيارات كثيرة (These are a lot of cars)

هذه سيارات كثيرات (Also "These are a lot of cars)

Here the word كثير/كثيرات both can be used, but هذه (this) cannot be replaced with هؤلاء (these) because هؤلاء can only be used for humans.

Both are correct. I'm not really sure, but it was in my sixth grade grammar book XD

 

Oh that makes sense then, cause IIRC I think I've seen it both ways, thanks again. 

[A L]

I do have some increase in my arabic vocabulary now though how do you type arabic?

[snowflake]

@Light: ...How... as in where to find the keyboard? On computer, you can find that somewhere in the keyboard settings. If your keyboard doesn't have the letters, you'll have to experiment and memorize them

[conanshinichi]

Or you can go on a transliterating website. Like this one . Google Translate also offers transliteration 

[A L]

lol it not say what I want to say. well anyways, shakran mersi (how bad is my arabic?)

[conanshinichi]

lol it not say what I want to say. well anyways, shakran mersi (how bad is my arabic?)

Click on the word if you want to change it. 

[melody.wild.no.1]

Or you can go on a transliterating website. Like this one . Google Translate also offers transliteration 

NOTE: its not always accurate

[snowflake]

I think there was also another website where you could write Arabic in English letters, and then it would give you options of words in Arabic... yamli.com, I think.

[Amane.misa]

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[Amane.misa]

mmmm  interesting 

[melody.wild.no.1]

I think there was also another website where you could write Arabic in English letters, and then it would give you options of words in Arabic... yamli.com, I think.

good website

[conanshinichi]

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mmmm  interesting 

please don't double post again. If you wanted to say something that you didn't quite put down, there's always that edit button

[snowflake]

please don't double post again. If you wanted to say something that you didn't quite put down, there's always that edit button

XD XD XD

You just did.

[Arima]

I know speak Arabic, but with Iraqi accent, sometimes I get annoyed with myself because I'm not used to write Arabic.

[TheLover]

Hi, I'm an Arab too and I'm happy because there are some members interested in Arabic.

Thank you snowflake. 

The lover العاشق (el-'ashek)