Arabic sentences 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)
EnglishArabic
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
EnglishArabic
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)
EnglishArabic
The car is new السيارةُ جَدِيْدَةٌ
The girl is young البنتُ صَغِيْرَةٌ
The garden is beautiful الحديقةُ جَمِيْلـَةٌ

Vocabulary

EnglishArabic
roomغُرْفة
windowنَافِذة
treeشَجَرة
refrigeratorثَلّاجة
tableطاوِلة
quickسَريعة
longطَويلة
wide/spaciousواسِعة
expensiveغالِية
tallعالِية

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.