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Let's remember what is a sentence?                    Subject Predicate   Sentence   With a small alteration we can transform a noun-adjective phrase into an equational sentence. Magic? Maybe. Let's see how… Can you recall the noun-adjective phrase?... 1- In the Arabic noun-adjective phrase below both the noun and its adjective are indefinite, feminine, and singular. سَيِّدَةٌ كَبيرَةٌ سِتّْ كِبيرَةْ 1  sitt kibiira - an elderly lady OR/ 2- In the Arabic noun-adjective phrase below both the noun and its adjective are definite, masculine, and singular. اَلرَّجُلُ الكَّبيرُ الرّاجِل الكِّبيرْ 2  ir raagil il kibiir - the elderly man

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Review… A noun-adjective phrase has both the noun and its adjective agree in definiteness, gender, and count. Count refers to the singular or plural form of the noun or adjective. For a noun-adjective phrase both the noun and its adjective must be singular OR plural.

The equational sentence explained with examples

So how do we transform the above two noun-adjective phrases into sentences? Simple! اَلسَّيِّدَةُ كَبيرَةٌ اِلسِّتْ كِبيرَةْ  3  Is sitt kibiira. - The lady is old.   اَلرَّجُلُ كَبيرٌ اِلرَّاجِلْ كِبيرْ  4  Ir raagil kibiir. - The man is old. ((Did you notice for the first time there is a full stop! This is because we produced our very FIRST sentence)). Mabrouk! = Congratulations.

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