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These recordings demonstrate the masculine and feminine forms together.

In a noun phrase, the adjective follows the noun and agrees in gender. Listen for the added feminine ending.

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بَارِد / بَارِدَة. جَدِيد / جَدِيدَة. جَمِيل / جَمِيلَة.

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Sources & learning notes

Lesson explanations and exercises are written for knowmyquran. Recorded examples are adapted from the linked open Arabic textbooks. The course teaches Modern Standard Arabic; the stages describe content, rather than a proficiency certificate.

Grammar reference: Madinah Arabic grammar course. Additional written examples are site-authored.

Audio and adapted examples from the Humanities LibreTexts Arabic textbooks by Hana Kassas and the contributing authors identified on each source page, CC BY 4.0. Recordings unchanged. Word recordings use the source pronunciation, commonly without connected case endings.

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