[10] one or many? singular and plural nouns

Drill with answers

Sound plurals:  Decide if the below word is masculine or feminine before you add the appropriate plural suffix to it...                                                       شَرِكَة شِرْكـَةْ 31  ŝirka Masc/Fem? feminine!           شَرِكاتٌ   شَرِكـَات 32 ŝarikaat      Answers below for drilldrill عَرَبَة عَرَبِيـَةْ çrabiyya - car Masc/Fem? فُنْدُقٌ لُوكَنـدَةْ lokanda - hotel Masc/Fem? بَقّالٌ بَقّالْ ba’aal - grocery Masc/Fem? طاوْلَة تَرَابيزَةْ tarabeeza - table Masc/Fem? سائِق سَوّاقْ sawaa’  - driver Masc/Fem?   * Some regular plurals in Colloquial/spoken Arabic are not regular in MSA/Classical especially when the colloquial word is foreign.     Answers for drill عَرَبَة عَرَبِيـَةْ 33  çrabiyya car   Masc/Fem?  عَرَباتٌ عَرَبّيات  34  çrabiyyaat See more answers

Listen and repeat to the following broken plurals

Listen to the singular and broken plural forms for these nouns… Note: the flipping of the last two letters in the singular form to produce the broken plural. Always look closely for forms in the singular nouns to recognize forms for the broken plurals. Singular nouns                                Broken plural nouns بِدْلَة  بَدْلَة 3  badla - suit بَدَلاتٌ* بِدَلْ  44  bidal    حِذاءٌ جَزْمَة  45  gazma - shoe أَحْذِيَة   جِزَمْ  46  gizam See more examples  Listen and repeat noting the below broken plurals have the same iyya ending and all mean different types of professions. The below Colloquial/spoken words with asteriks are finding their way into MSA/Classical Arabic. Words with asteriks have a regular plural. Singular nouns                                Broken plural nouns كَوَّاء* مَكْوَجي 53  makwagi - a professional ironer; one  who irons كَوَّاؤون* مَكْوَجـِيَّة  54  makwagiyya  خياط تَرْزي  55  tarzi - tailor خَيّاطونَ*  تَرْزيَّة  56  tarziyya See more examples

 

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