Breakdown of الغرفة رقم اثنان صغيرة.
الal
the
صغيرsagheer
small
غرفةghurfa
room
رقمraqm
number
اثنانithnân
two
Questions & Answers about الغرفة رقم اثنان صغيرة.
Why do we use the masculine number اثنان when the word for room, الغرفة, is feminine?
In this sentence, the number is acting as a label or ID following the word رقم (number). When we name numbers this way, we use their bare counting form, which is usually the masculine form. It is like saying Room, Number Two rather than describing a quantity of rooms.
Why is the word for small, صغيرة, feminine? Does it not come right after the masculine words رقم اثنان?
Adjectives always agree with the noun they are actually describing. The thing that is small is الغرفة (the room), which is feminine. The adjective skips right over the masculine words رقم (number) and اثنان (two) to match the main subject of the sentence.
Why does رقم come before اثنان instead of after?
In Arabic, you put the noun before the number when using it as an identifier or label. Just like in English we say Room number two, Arabic says الغرفة رقم اثنان (literally: the room, number two).
Where is the word for is in this Arabic sentence?
Arabic does not use a word for is in simple present-tense sentences. The is is naturally understood to happen between the specific subject, الغرفة رقم اثنان (the room number two), and the general descriptive word, صغيرة (small).
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