Adjectives in Arabic Adjective in Arabic Big Kabeer
Adjectives in Arabic
Adjective in Arabic Big: (Kabeer ) ﻛﺒﻴﺮ for masculine and Big: (kabeera ) ﻛﺒﻴﺮﺓ Small: (Sagheer) ﺻﻐﻴﺮ for masculine and Small: (sagheera ) ﺻﻐﻴﺮﺓ for feminine Beautiful: (Jameel) ﺟﻤﻴﻞ for masculine and Beautiful: (jameela ) ﺟﻤﻴﻠﺔ for feminine) Short ( Qaseer) ﻗﺼﻴﺮ for masculine and Short (Qaseera) ﻗﺼﻴﺮﺓ for feminine Long (Taweel) ﻃﻮﻳﻞ for masculine and Long (Taweela) ﻃﻮﻳﻠﺔ for feminine
Dual Adjectives in Arabic: To form a dual masculine adjective in Arabic we simply add “aan” “ ” ﺍﻥ to the end of the adjective, note that you can do that even with adjectives starting with “a” “ , ” ﺃ Big è kabeer ) ﻛﺒﻴﺮ masculine singular) è Big è kabeeraan ) ﻛﺒﻴﺮﺍﻥ masculine dual) Blue è azraq ) ﺃﺰﺭﻕ masculine singular) è Blue è azraqaan ) ﺃﺰﺭﻗﺎﻥ masculine dual) To form a dual feminine adjective add “ataan” “ ” ﺗﺎﻥ to the masculine adjective: Big è kabeer ) ﻛﺒﻴﺮ masculine singular) è Big è kabeerataan ) ﻛﺒﻴﺮﺗﺎﻥ feminine dual) For adjectives starting with “a” “ ” ﺃ the dual feminine will take the “? a? ? awataan” form, by replacing the question marks with our consonants: Blue è azraq ) ﺃﺰﺭﻕ masculine singular) è Blue è zarqawaan ) ﺯﺭﻗﺎﻭﺍﻥ feminine dual) (after replacing the “? ” of ? a? ? awataan with azraq consonants)
Example A small house: baitun sagheer ) ﺑﻴﺖ ﺻﻐﻴﺮ literally is house small but means ( small house)
Project rubric ( ﺍﻟﺠﺴﻢ Al jesm ) The body You and 2 more students build a snow man or other character ( 3 D) out of cotton ball and it should be labeled with 5 body parts and 4 5 adjectives grading is as follows 1 - character is properly build ( neat and put together ) ------20 pts 2 - 5 body parts labeled and spelled in Arabic ------10 pts 3 - 5 adjectives are with all five body parts ( you may repeat as for feminie and masculine ) ------- 10 pts 4 – presentation ----------10 pts ( all students should present ) due date is Friday November 30 th
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