Optional grammar reference

Count people and things

Notice gender and noun form after a number.

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How it works

For 3–10, check the gender of the singular noun, not the plural ending.

Higher numbers have other rules. Twenty takes a singular accusative counted noun: عِشْرُونَ كِتَابًا.

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Choose the matching meaning.

كِتَابٌ وَاحِدٌ

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Write “five books” and “five female students”.

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خَمْسَةُ كُتُبٍ. خَمْسُ طَالِبَاتٍ.

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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.