Grammar - Collective Nouns Flashcards
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Collective Nouns
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Collective nouns are nouns that can mean one or several. For example, in English, “fish” can be pieces of, one, or several fish. This is the same in Arabic.
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Singular Collective (“one fish”)
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For collective nouns in Arabic, if you want it to mean one of that thing (e.g. one apple), add an “a” sound at the end.
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apple (collective)
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تفاح (tufaeh)
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one apple
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تفاحه (tufaeha)
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fish (collective)
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سمك (samak)
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one fish
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سمكه (samaka)
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Pieces of material
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For materials (things that can be used to make something from, like wood or cloth), it is the same. Add an “a” sound at the end to mean a piece of that thing.
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wood (collective)
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خشب (chashab) –> ask me about “ch” pronunciation
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a piece of wood
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خشبه (chasaba)
