What is a
phrase?
A phrase is a
part of a sentence that can never, ever, stand alone.
Remember: "A
phrase is part of a sentence."
This module deals with
noun-adjective phrases.
A
noun-adjective phrase consists of a noun plus an
adjective.
Noun-adjective
phrase = Noun + Adjective
Understand noun-adjective phrases to transform the
phrases, later, into sentences.

Review:
Nouns, in Arabic,
are either masculine or feminine. Not both.
Masc. noun "the class":
اِلْفَصْلْ
Fem. noun "suit":
بَدْلـَةْ
Adjectives, however, can be masculine OR/ feminine depending on the noun they
modify.
If the noun is
masculine the adjective is masculine.
If the noun is
feminine the adjective is feminine.

Think of
adjectives as bipolar.
Adjectives take-on the SAME gender as nouns.
Adjectives are sheep.
For example:
badla
gidiida
=
new suit.
badla
= noun
gidiida
= adjective
Because noun
“badla"
is
feminine than the adjective is also feminine.
Adjectives copy the gender of the noun.
Adjectives are "on-call" depending on the noun they modify.
Sum-up:
If the noun is
masculine the adjective is masculine.
If the noun is
feminine the
adjective is feminine.
This is the noun-adjective agreement.
Also, if
the noun is definite then the adjective also must be
definite.
And, if a noun is
singular or plural then the adjective also
must be singular or plural.

Gender agreement in a noun-adjective phrase:
Example
of gender agreement |
|
بَدْلـَةٌ جَديدَةٌ
بَدْلـَةْ جِديدَةْ
1 badla
gidiida
(phrase)
a new
suit |