LessonsNoun Case Classes: Type 2 — Sound Feminine PluralQuiz

كَـ«مُسْلِمَاتٍ»؛ تَقُولُ: «جَاءَتْنِي مُسْلِمَاتٌ، وَرَأَيْتُ مُسْلِمَاتٍ، وَمَرَرْتُ بِمُسْلِمَاتٍ».
Translation: For example, “Muslim women.” You say: “Muslim women came to me; I saw Muslim women; and I passed by Muslim women.”

The same noun serves three different syntactic roles: subject, direct object, and a noun governed by a preposition. Its case follows the role, not just the visible vowel.

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Noun Case Classes: Type 2 — Sound Feminine Plural

كَـ«مُسْلِمَاتٍ»؛ تَقُولُ: «جَاءَتْنِي مُسْلِمَاتٌ، وَرَأَيْتُ مُسْلِمَاتٍ، وَمَرَرْتُ بِمُسْلِمَاتٍ».
Translation: For example, “Muslim women.” You say: “Muslim women came to me; I saw Muslim women; and I passed by Muslim women.”

The same noun serves three different syntactic roles: subject, direct object, and a noun governed by a preposition. Its case follows the role, not just the visible vowel.