LessonsGender Agreement between the Subject and Predicate (Feminine Singular Sentences)Quiz

● Let us review the remaining sentence changes:

Masculine example
Masculine Arabic
Feminine example
Feminine Arabic

Maẓhar is sitting.
مَظْهَرٌ جَالِسٌ
Maẓharah is sitting.
مَظْهَرَةٌ جَالِسَةٌ

Sājid is ill.
سَاجِدٌ مَرِيضٌ
Sājidah is ill.
سَاجِدَةُ مَرِيضَةٌ

● Case-ending note: Women's personal names, such as Maryam, Zaynab, Fāṭimah, ʿĀʾishah, and Sājidah, are declinable diptotes. Therefore, they take a single ḍammah at the end, not tanwīn.

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How to Change Masculine Sentences into Feminine Sentences (Part Three)

Gender Agreement between the Subject and Predicate (Feminine Singular Sentences)

● Let us review the remaining sentence changes:

Masculine example
Masculine Arabic
Feminine example
Feminine Arabic

Maẓhar is sitting.
مَظْهَرٌ جَالِسٌ
Maẓharah is sitting.
مَظْهَرَةٌ جَالِسَةٌ

Sājid is ill.
سَاجِدٌ مَرِيضٌ
Sājidah is ill.
سَاجِدَةُ مَرِيضَةٌ

● Case-ending note: Women's personal names, such as Maryam, Zaynab, Fāṭimah, ʿĀʾishah, and Sājidah, are declinable diptotes. Therefore, they take a single ḍammah at the end, not tanwīn.