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In addition to the masculine / feminine distinction we've already seen, Arabic
has singular, dual and plural forms of pronouns, nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.
The singular form is used when referring to one person or thing, the dual subject
pronoun to refer to two people or two things, and the plural form when referring
to more than two people or things.
ان is added at the
end of noun to indicate that it is dual- representing two people or objects.
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ان is also added to the end of adjectives that modify
a dual noun.
| beautiful / handsome |
جميلتـان |
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| young |
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| poor |
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| (two) beautiful women |
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| (two) poor female students |
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| (two) handsome men |
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Following are the dual subject pronouns..
| you (dual m/f) |
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| they (dual m/f) |
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| You (dual) are a thinker. |
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| They (dual) feminine are a translator. |
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| They (dual) are Arabs. |
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| They (dual) are arabs (feminine). |
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| You (dual) are happy. |
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