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Adjective (ุตูุฉ) is a word that describes or modifies a noun, providing more information about its qualities, quantity or state. For example, in “The red apple,” “red” is the adjective describing the apple.
What gender should you use for Arabic grammar terms?
In Arabic, do you say ู
ุจููู or ู
ุจูููุฉ for "indeclinable"? Well, you can use both: masculine or feminine. Here is why.
Free online Arabic grammar test from Al-Jazeera
Al-Jazeera offers a grammar test. There are a couple of pitfalls. So, reason enough to take a look at the most important Arabic grammar topics.
Understanding artificial infinitive nouns in Arabic – the case of ุญูุฑููููุฉู
In Arabic, abstract words related to politics, economics or science like ุญูุฑููููุฉู often follow a certain model: the ู
ุตุฏุฑ ุตูุงุนูู
Do you understand Egyptian TikTok?
Do you know what fasheikh means? Anyone trying to follow young Egyptians on social media will often fail because of the language. TikTok, rap and chat culture are changing dialects like never before. Some background and examples of slang.
The role of the second vowel in past tense Arabic Verbs
The vowel on the second root letter of an Arabic past tense verb tells you a lot about the character and meaning of the verb.
Why do superheros and villains have Arabic or Hebrew names?
Superman is called Kal El. Batman's enemy is Ra's al-Ghoul. Many names in the comic universe have an Arabic or Hebrew flavor. Why is that? And what do they mean?
Is Arabic a gender-inclusive language?
"The students are lazy" - how do we express that in gender-inclusive Arabic? It's not that difficult, writes Lisa Schor who has specialized in this topic
How to tell adjectives and โุญุงูโ apart
The adjective and ุญุงู are often confused and mistranslated in Arabic. Checking whether the targeted word is definite or not will help.
Essential Egyptian Arabic phrases: next and last
Students of Egyptian Arabic are often confused when they want to say "next week" or "last week". In fact, there are several ways. Let's look at them.
Forming plural adjectives in Egyptian Arabic
Egyptian Arabic adjective plurals can be tricky. We analyze common patterns and show examples for both human and non-human nouns.
