Teach me Arabic

[Rock]

Thank you again Rock.


Is there an easy way to recognise the female and male forms of verbs and nouns? Because I seem to make many mistakes in that area. I know that any word ending in "ta marbuta" is female like jameelah or Lughah. However words like Shams are also female. How do you tell the difference?

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم


السلام عليكم و رحمة الله


No need for thanks,you are welcome


Let us start with nouns.


There are three categories.


The first category:no rules, it is just agreement that some words are female and some are male,you will recognise it by the time.


examples


شمس / دار are female


قمر / بيت are male


The second category:you recognise it is male or female from the meaning of the word


examples


أم / أخت are female


أب / أخ are male


The third category:there are some rules but it is not easy,I will try to simplefy it.


words ending in "ta marbuta" (مثل ابنة /زوجة)


or "alef maksora" (مثل فصحى / نجوى)


or "alef mamdoda" (مثل صحراء / حمراء)


are female.


Some times you will find some words not following this rule,do you want to know why?it is not easy.


examples


حمزة /معاوية /مصطفى /مرضى /بناء


are male.


I hope it will help.