LIN231H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Hapax Legomenon, Modern Standard Arabic, Lexeme
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In modern standard arabic, nouns are divided into two genders: masculine and feminine. Consider the following examples of noun phrases in arabic, which show how adjective- noun agreement works in arabic. You will notice that nouns and adjectives agree in case and definiteness, among other things. (you may find it useful to read the textbook"s description of the leipzig glossing rules, found on pages 108 109. This will help you to make sense of the morpheme-by-morpheme translations provided in the examples that follow. Additionally, there are a few details about arabic that may be useful to know to avoid confusion: in arabic, objects of prepositions take the genitive case. No! (explanation: some of these words do have a masculine plural suffix, but these are (1) it is not marked on the noun. (2) it is marked on adjectives that appear in the same noun phrase as the noun.
