Lesson 9: Adjectives

The ṣifah or the adjective follows the noun it describes and agrees with it in gender, definiteness, number and case .

البَيتُ الكَبِير the big house

البُيوت الكَبِيرَة the big houses

البِنتُ الصَّغِيرَة the small girl

البَناتُ الصِّغار the small girls

Note: The plural of inanimate objects in the masculine form are treated as feminine singular.

For example:

البُيوتُ الكَبيرَةُ

The big houses

كُتُبٌ كَثِيرةٌ

Many books

رَأَيتُ مَسجِدًا كَبِيرًا

I saw a big mosque

سَلَّمتُ على صَدِيقِي الحَمِيمِ

I greeted my close friend

الْفُستَانُ الْجَمِيلُ	The beautiful robe
الغُرفَةُ الوَاسِعَةُ	The spacious room
رَجُلٌ مُسِنٌ	An old man
دَفْتَرٌ جَدِيدٌ	A new notebook
أَخْلَاقٌ رَائِعَةٌ	Exemplary character
طَرِيقٌ طَوِيلٌ	A long road
قَرَارٌ سيّئٌ	A bad decision
طَعَامٌ لَذِيذٌ	Delicious food
صَومٌ مَقبُولٌ	An accepted fasting
ذَهَبْتُ اِلَى النَهْرِ الكَبيرِ	I went to the large river
اِشْتَرَيْتُ قِصَّةً جَدِيدَةً	I bought a new story
هَذَا وَلَدٌ مُهَذَّبٌ	This is a polite boy

Lesson 9