Adjectives in English and Arabic

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Adjectives in English and Arabic
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What does Adjective mean ?

• An adjective is a word typically denotes
  properties of objects, people, places. Adjectives
  in Arabic and English are classified according to
  the following criteria

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The differences between English adjective and
Arabic adjective

• (1) Agreement

English Arabic
Adjectives in English have the same form for singular and plural, masculine and feminine nouns In Arabic, however, adjectives agree with nouns in gender and number
e.g. A good girl good girls A good boy good boys e.g. Walid thaki (smart boy) Bint thakia (smart girl ( Alwlad athkia (smart boys)
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The differences between English adjective and
Arabic adjective

• (2) Position

English Arabic
Adjectives in English may be located either before the noun or after the verb In Arabic, adjectives come after the noun or the pronoun
e.g. A happy girl Tom became rich e.g. Fatat jamila (beautiful girl) Huna jamilat (they are beautiful)
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The differences between English adjective and
Arabic adjective

• (3) Comparison

English Arabic
Adjectives in English can be compared in the following ways In Arabic, comparative adjective have a base form called elative measure (????) afala. comparative adjectives express indefinite meanings
e.g. She is tall (plain) She is taller than you (comparative) e.g. Kabeer (big) Akbar (bigger)
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The differences between English adjective and
Arabic adjective

• (4) Degree

English Arabic
Both English and Arabic can be modified by degree modification Both English and Arabic can be modified by degree modification
e.g. Very big It is nice too e.g. Kabiir-un id-jan (very big) Inhu jamil Gyd-an (it is nice too)
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