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
The girl is a student	البنتُ طالبةٌ
The princess is a writer	الأميرةُ كاتبةٌ
The president is a doctor	اَلرَّئِيْسَةُ طبيبَةٌ

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
new	جَدِيْدَةٌ
young	صَغِيْرَةٌ
beautiful	جَمِيْلـَةٌ

We can then use these adjectives with feminine nouns to form nominal sentences, as shown below

Nominal Sentences (with feminine adjectives)

English	Arabic
The car is new	السيارةُ جَدِيْدَةٌ
The girl is young	البنتُ صَغِيْرَةٌ
The garden is beautiful	الحديقةُ جَمِيْلـَةٌ

Vocabulary

English	Arabic
room	غُرْفة
window	نَافِذة
tree	شَجَرة
refrigerator	ثَلّاجة
table	طاوِلة
quick	سَريعة
long	طَويلة
wide/spacious	واسِعة
expensive	غالِية
tall	عالِية

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.

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Related pages

• Arabic sentences : The Nominal sentence
• Arabic sentences : Nominal sentence (2)
• Arabic sentences : Nominal sentence (4)

Other topics availabe on this site:

Arabic alphabet — Indefinite nouns — Definite nouns — Nominal sentences
Adjectives — Feminine — Singular pronouns — Dual nouns — Dual pronouns
Basic declension of nouns — Demonstrative: This — Demonstrative: That
Plural — Plural pronouns — Preposition — There is/are — To have
Possessive case — Broken Plural — Possessive Adjectives