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### A group of women

Arabic has separate plural forms for groups made up only of women. In everyday speech many people use the masculine plural for everyone, but written Arabic keeps the feminine forms, and you have already met them inside sentences with اللواتي.

| | masculine plural | feminine plural |
|---|---|---|
| they | هم | {{item:1131474}} |
| you (pl.) | أنتم | {{item:1131483}} |

### The verbs

The feminine plural verb ends in **ـنَ** (*-na*) in both tenses, and unlike the masculine ـون it never drops in the subjunctive or jussive:

| | past | present |
|---|---|---|
| they (f.) | كَتَبْنَ | يَكْتُبْنَ |
| you (f. pl.) | كَتَبْتُنَّ | تَكْتُبْنَ |

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A non-human plural (cars, books) still takes the feminine SINGULAR, as you learned at A1: السيارات جديدة. The feminine plural is for women and girls only.

Feminine plural (هنّ، أنتنّ، يكتبن)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

interrogative

noun

numeral

particle

prefix

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

The definite article and locatives (الـ)

Basic noun gender (ة)

Sun and moon letters

Singular subject pronouns (أنا، أنت، هو، هي)

Indefinite nouns and nominal sentences (ـٌ)

Demonstrative pronouns for 'this' (هذا / هذه)

Separate prepositions (في، من، إلى، على)

Attributive adjectives

Predicative adjectives

Yes/No questions (هل، أ)

Basic questions (من، ما، أين)

Singular possessive pronouns (ـي، ـك، ـه، ـها)

Plural subject pronouns (نحن، أنتم، هم)

Plural possessive pronouns (ـنا، ـكم، ـهم)

Noun possession

Attached prepositions (بـ، لـ، كـ)

Pronouns with prepositions

Having and possessing (عند، لـ، مع)

Regular plural nouns (ـون، ـين، ـات)

Broken plurals

Dual nouns (ـان / ـين)

Plural and distant demonstratives (هؤلاء، ذلك، تلك)

Non-human plural agreement

Present tense singular verbs

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Present tense plural verbs

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The indefinite accusative case (ـاً)

Verb object pronouns (-ني، -ك، -ه)

Present tense negation (لا)

Question words with verbs (متى، كيف...)

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Intentions and desires (أن)

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Past tense singular suffixes

Past tense plural suffixes

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Number agreement for 1 and 2 (واحد، اثنان)

Asking how many (كم)

Numbers 3 to 10 (ثلاثة إلى عشرة)

Ordinal numbers 1 to 10 (الأول، الثاني)

Basic conjunctions (فـ، أو، لكن)

Ordering at a café (واحد، اثنان)

Food and drink with conjunctions (و، ف، أو، لكن)

There is and there are (هناك / ليس هناك)

Direct address (يا)

Giving reasons (لأنّ)

Relative pronouns (الذي / التي)

Quantifiers (كل / بعض)

The past tense of 'to be' (كان)

Past possession

Numbers 11 to 19 and tens to 80

Telling time (الساعة)

This book vs this is a book (هذا الكتاب، هذا كتاب)

Greetings (مرحبا، السلام عليكم)

How are you? and goodbye (كيف حالك، مع السلامة)

Nationalities (مصري، مصرية)

Roots and patterns (كتب، كتاب، مكتب)

Politeness (من فضلك، آسف)

Complex possession chains

Colors and traits (أفعل / فعلاء)

Plural colors and traits (فُعْل)

Comparative adjectives (أفعل من)

Superlative adjectives (أفعل)

Adverbs of manner (ـاً)

The nominative case (ـُ)

The genitive case (ـِ)

The accusative case (ـَ)

Dual noun cases (ـان / ـين)

Masculine plurals and 'the best of' (أفضل النجارين)

Emphasizing sentences (إنّ)

Connecting clauses (أنّ)

Reporting speech (قال إنّ)

Expressing contrast (لكنّ)

Comparison and probability (كأنّ, لعلّ)

Distant plural pointing (أولئك)

Plural relative pronouns (الذين, اللواتي)

Past habits (كان + present)

Ongoing actions (ما زال)

Masculine plurals online (مبرمجون، مؤثرون)

Perfective past (قد)

Probability (قد)

The subjunctive mood (أن)

Question	Answer
they (f. pl.) / them / their (f. pl., attached)	هنhunna
They are students at the university.	هن طالبات في الجامعة.hunna tâlibâtun fî l-jâmi'ah
They study in the library.	هن يدرسن في المكتبة.hunna yadrusna fi al-maktabati.
They don't drink coffee.	هن لا يشربن القهوة.hunna lâ yashrabna al-qahwata.
The girls are playing in the garden.	البنات يلعبن في الحديقة.al-banâtu yal'abna fil-hadîqati
The (female) students attended the meeting.	الطالبات حضرن الاجتماع.at-tâlibâtu hadarna al-ijtimâ'a.
The women went to the market.	النساء ذهبن إلى السوق.an-nisâ'u dhahabna ilâ as-sûqi.
Girls, did you understand the lesson?	يا بنات، هل فهمتن الدرس؟yâ banâtu, hal fahimtunna ad-darsa?
What did you (f. pl.) write yesterday?	ماذا كتبتن أمس؟mâdhâ katabtunna amsi?
you (f. pl.)	أنتنantunna
Are you (f. pl.) ready?	هل أنتن جاهزات؟hal antunna jâhizât
You (f. pl.) speak Arabic well.	أنتن تتكلمن العربية جيدا.antunna tatakallamna al-'arabiyyata jayyidan

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