๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Arabic Lesson 6 โ€” Error Correction ุชูŽุตู’ุญูŠุญ ุงู„ุฃูŽุฎู’ุทุงุก

Q4 on the paper (5 marks) ยท gender & agreement โ€” ู‡ูˆ/ู‡ูŠ ยท ู…ุฏุฑู‘ุณ/ู…ุฏุฑู‘ุณุฉ ยท ู‡ุฐุง/ู‡ุฐู‡ ยท ู€ูƒูŽ/ู€ูƒู ยท Exam: Saturday 11:30

Almost every Q4 error is an agreement error: a masculine word paired with a feminine partner, or the wrong ยซyou/he/sheยป. Learn the five pairs below and the fix becomes obvious.

1 ยท Verbs: he ูŠูŽู€ vs she ุชูŽู€

he ู‡ููˆูŽshe ู‡ููŠูŽ
praysูŠูุตูŽู„ู‘ูŠุชูุตูŽู„ู‘ูŠ
studiesูŠูŽุฏู’ุฑูุณุชูŽุฏู’ุฑูุณ
worksูŠูŽุนู’ู…ูŽู„ุชูŽุนู’ู…ูŽู„
So ู‡ููˆูŽ ุชูุตูŽู„ู‘ูŠ is wrong โ†’ ู‡ููˆูŽ ูŠูุตูŽู„ู‘ูŠ. And if the person is female, fix the pronoun: ุณูŽุนูŠุฏุฉูŒ โ€ฆ ู‡ููŠูŽ ุชูุตูŽู„ู‘ูŠ.

2 ยท Professions: add ู€ุฉ for a woman

manู…ูุฏูŽุฑูู‘ุณุทูŽุจูŠุจู…ูู‡ูŽู†ู’ุฏูุณู…ูู…ูŽุฑูู‘ุถ
womanู…ูุฏูŽุฑูู‘ุณุฉุทูŽุจูŠุจุฉู…ูู‡ูŽู†ู’ุฏูุณุฉู…ูู…ูŽุฑูู‘ุถุฉ
ู‡ุฐุง ุฃูŽุฎูŠุŒ ู‡ููˆูŽ ู…ูุฏูŽุฑูู‘ุณุฉูŒ is wrong โ€” a man is ู…ูุฏูŽุฑูู‘ุณูŒ.

3 ยท Pointing: ู‡ุฐุง (m) vs ู‡ุฐู‡ (f)

ู‡ุฐุง ูƒูุชุงุจูŒู‡ุฐุง ู…ูŽุณู’ุฌูุฏูŒู‡ุฐู‡ ุจูู†ู’ุชูŒู‡ุฐู‡ ุณูŽูŠู‘ุงุฑุฉูŒู‡ุฐู‡ ุงูุจู’ู†ุฉูŒ
Words ending in ู€ุฉ (and ุจูู†ู’ุชุŒ ุงูุจู’ู†ุฉุŒ ุฃูู…ู‘) are feminine โ†’ ู‡ุฐู‡.

4 ยท Possessive endings (my / your / his / her)

ู€ูŠู€ูƒูŽู€ูƒูู€ู‡ูู€ู‡ุง
myyour (m)your (f)hisher
ูƒูุชุงุจูŠูƒูุชุงุจููƒูŽูƒูุชุงุจููƒููƒูุชุงุจูู‡ููƒูุชุงุจูู‡ุง

5 ยท Addressing someone ูŠุง ูู„ุงู†

To a male: ู…ุงุฐุง ุณูŽุชูŽูู’ุนูŽู„ู ูŠุง ุฃูŽุญู’ู…ูŽุฏูุŸ ยท To a female add ู€ูŠู†ูŽ: ู…ุงุฐุง ุณูŽุชูŽูู’ุนูŽู„ูŠู†ูŽ ูŠุง ูุงุทูู…ุฉูุŸ Also: a country is ุจุงูƒูุณู’ุชุงู†ู, but ยซI am Pakistaniยป is the nationality ุจุงูƒูุณู’ุชุงู†ูŠูŒู‘.
Run this 5-step check on every underlined word.
  1. Is the person male or female? Fix the pronoun: male โ†’ ู‡ููˆูŽ, female โ†’ ู‡ููŠูŽ.
  2. Does the verb prefix match? he โ†’ ูŠูŽู€, she โ†’ ุชูŽู€ (ูŠูุตูŽู„ู‘ูŠ / ุชูุตูŽู„ู‘ูŠ).
  3. Is a profession the right gender? woman โ†’ add ู€ุฉ (ู…ูุฏูŽุฑูู‘ุณุฉ).
  4. Does the demonstrative match the noun? ู€ุฉ/ุจู†ุช/ุงุจู†ุฉ โ†’ ู‡ุฐู‡, else ู‡ุฐุง.
  5. Are you addressing a female? Use ุฃู†ุชู, ending ู€ูƒู, and verb ู€ูŠู†ูŽ.
The underlined word is wrong. Tap its correction. Items 1โ€“5 are from the 15-01-2026 paper. Score โ‰ฅ10/12 on first try to finish the lesson.
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