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### Regular Plural Nouns

Form regular plurals in Arabic by adding a suffix to the end of the singular noun. The suffix depends on the gender of the noun.

### Regular Masculine Plurals (ـون)

To make a masculine noun plural (for groups of men or mixed-gender groups), add the suffix ـون. Use this ending when the noun is the subject of the sentence.

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### Regular Feminine Plurals (ـات)

To make a feminine noun plural, remove the tied taa' (ة) at the end of the singular word and add the suffix ـات. This applies to groups of women and many inanimate objects.

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### Masculine Plurals with Objects and Prepositions (ـين)

If a regular masculine plural noun is the object of a verb or follows a preposition, the suffix changes from ـون to ـين. (The spelling of regular feminine plurals remains ـات regardless of their role).

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Notice how these next sentences use both masculine forms: ـون for the subjects, and ـين for the nouns following a preposition or receiving the action.

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Regular plural nouns (ـون، ـين، ـات)

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)

Broken plurals

Dual nouns (ـان / ـين)

Plural and distant demonstratives (هؤلاء، ذلك، تلك)

Non-human plural agreement

Present tense singular verbs

Verbal sentences (VSO)

Present tense plural verbs

Topicalized sentences (SVO)

The indefinite accusative case (ـاً)

Verb object pronouns (-ني، -ك، -ه)

Present tense negation (لا)

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

Adverbs of time and place

The future tense (سـ / سوف)

Intentions and desires (أن)

Negating states and possession (ليس)

Past tense singular suffixes

Past tense plural suffixes

Negating past events (ما)

Singular commands

Numbers 1 to 10

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)

Expressing purpose (لـ)

Question	Answer
organizer	منظمmunaẓẓim
hall	قاعةqâ'a
The organizers are in the hall.	المنظمون في القاعة.al-munazzimoona fil-qâ'ah.
to attend	حضرhadara
participant	مشاركmushârik
conference	مؤتمرmu'tamar
The participants attended the conference.	حضر المشاركون المؤتمر.hadara al-mushârikûna al-mu'tamara.
trainer	مدربmudarrib
The female trainers are in the halls.	المدربات في القاعات.al-mudarribâtu fi al-qâ'âti.
translator	مترجمmutarjim
present / attending	حاضرhâdir
The female translators are present now.	المترجمات حاضرات الآن.al-mutarjimâtu hâdirâtun al-âna.
invitation	دعوةda'wa
The invitations are for the participants.	الدعوات للمشاركين.ad-da'awâtu lil-mushârikîn.
The manager received invitations from the organizers.	استلم المدير دعوات من المنظمين.istalama al-mudîru da'awâtin mina al-munazzimîn
photographer	مصورmusawwir
The photographers are busy.	المصورون مشغولون.al-musawwirûn mashghûlûn
The manager went to the photographers.	ذهب المدير إلى المصورين.dhahaba al-mudîru ilâ al-musawwirîn
The translators are with the trainers.	المترجمون مع المدربين.al-mutarjimoon ma'a al-mudarribeen
Are the female organizers present?	هل المنظمات حاضرات؟hal al-munazzimâtu hâdirâtun?
The organizers sent the engineers to the hotel.	أرسل المنظمون المهندسين إلى الفندق.arsala l-munazzimoona l-muhandiseena ila l-funduq
The participants and the female translators attended the conference.	حضر المشاركون والمترجمات المؤتمر.hadara al-mushârikûna wa-al-mutarjimâtu al-mu'tamara

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