Questions & Answers about المدربات في القاعات.
How do we know both nouns in this sentence are feminine plurals?
Both المدربات (the female trainers) and القاعات (the halls) end with ـات (-aat). This is the standard ending for regular feminine plural nouns in Arabic.
What are the singular forms of these words, and how did they change?
The singular forms are مدربة (a female trainer) and قاعة (a hall). To make them plural, you drop the taa marbuutaa (ة) at the end of the singular word and attach ـات (-aat) instead.
Where is the word for 'are' in this sentence?
Arabic does not use a verb for 'is' or 'are' in the present tense. You simply state the subject, المدربات (the female trainers), followed directly by the information about their location, في القاعات (in the halls).
Since 'halls' are objects and not people, why do they use the same plural ending as 'female trainers'?
The ـات plural ending isn't just for female humans. Many inanimate objects and places that are feminine in the singular (often because they end in ة) also use this regular feminine plural ending. Therefore, قاعة (hall) naturally becomes قاعات (halls).
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