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Grammatical agreement in Arabic (ุงูู ุทุงุจูุฉ ุงููุญููุฉ ูู ุงููุบุฉ ุงูุนุฑุจูุฉ) refers to the matching of grammatical features such as gender, number, and case between different parts of a sentence. For example, adjectives must agree with the nouns they describe in gender and number.
Collective nouns in Arabic: Do you use the same word for camels and a camel?
Collective nouns, plurals and singular units are tricky in Arabic. What are the correct patterns, are they masculine or feminine and should we treat them as singular or plural? An overview
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.
Who invented the Arabic typewriter (keyboard)?
The Arabic keyboard we use today was invented in 1899 by two men who almost simultaneously worked on an Arabic typewriter: Selim Haddad and Philippe Waked.
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.
Explore arabic.ba: Your tool for learning Arabic numbers
Numbers in the Arabic language are like solving mathematical equations. But there is good news: a new online tool - which is of great help to learn the rules: arabic.ba
20 questions for: Nesrin Amin (#22)
Episode #22 of my series "9273 roots": 20 questions for the woman who explains Egyptian Arabic expressions by annotated movie clips: Nesrin Amin.
Key features of Egyptian Arabic adjectives
Do you know how to say "small", "upper", "Turkish coffee", or "secondary" in Egyptian Arabic? This article will explain tricky things about the adjective.
