Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Gender


All nouns in Arabic are either masculine or feminine, no matter whether they are humans, animals or objects. Unlike in English, there is no word for 'it' in Arabic. All nouns are referred to as 'he or 'she'.

The following words, which are all to do with school, are divided into two lists, one of masculine words and the other of feminine words. Read the twp lists out loud. What do you notice about the feminine words? 

Feminine    مُؤَنَّثٌ                               
ස්ත්‍රී ලිංග                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
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            سبُّو َرةٌ
                                                                   a black board                                                                                                                        කලු ලෑල්ල                                                


                                                                
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طأَوِلَةٌ
a table
මේසය


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دَبأَّسَةٌ
a stapler
ස්ටේප්ලරය




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بَراّيةٌ
a pencil sharpener 
පැන්සල් කටරය 


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مِمْحأَةٌ
an eraser (rubber)
මකනය 



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مَسْطَرَةٌ
a ruler
කෝදුව 



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حَقِيبَةٌ
a bag
බෑගය 



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كُرَةٌ
a ball
බෝලය 






Masculine    مُذَكَّرٌ
පුරුෂ ලිංග


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كِتأبٌ
 a book
  පොතක්



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دَفْتَرٌ
an exercise book 
එක්සසයිස් පොත 





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قَلَمٌ
a pen 
පෑන 



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مَكْتَبٌ
a desk
මේසය 



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كُرْسِيٌّ
a chair
පුටුව 



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صُنْدُوقٌ
a box
පෙට්ටිය 



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