Learn Adjectives in Arabic language – 2023

As is the case in every language in the world, the sentence consists of a noun, a verb, and a virtue, and the latter can be an adjective. The adjective is one of the important elements in the Arabic language, and this is what we are going to learn in this lesson, We only nerf your focus.

•The adjective Comes After noun to describe it.

Adjective rules:

1. The adjective corresponds to the noun or the noun phrase to be described in number, gender and the harakat (dammah, kasra or fatha)
2. if the noun or the noun phrase is definite, you have to definite the adjective by adding prefix (ال) to the beginning

For clarification and more understanding, we move to the examples section:

Description of the weather:

In these examples, we noticed that it is very simple to place the adjective after the noun or the noun phrase, Taking into consideration the previous rules, this is how to describe the weather in Arabic.

Describing things with colors:

	Arabic (masculine)	Arabic (feminine)	English	Pronunciation
1	أحمَر	حمراء	Red	‘ahmar/hamra’
2	أخضَر	خضراء	Green	‘akhdar/khadra’
3	أصفَر	صفراء	yellow	‘asfar/safra’
4	أبيَض	بيضاء	white	‘abyadh/baydha’
5	أسود	سوداء	Black	‘aswad/sawda’
6	أزرق	زرقاء	blue	‘azraq/zarqa’
7	بنفسجي	بنفسجية	purple	banafsaji/banafsajia
8	برتقالي	برتقالية	orange	bortoqali/bortoqaliya

• The colors in Arabic are distinguished by the difference between the masculine and the feminine, for example, the colors are of the form (أفعَل) we add an (اء) to the end of it. This is just a general rule.

•Examples :

Arabic	English	Pronunciation
إشترى أحمد بذلةً حمراء وقميصاّ أحمراّ	Ahmed bought a red suit and a red shirt.	iishtaraa ‘ahmadu badhelatan hamra’a wa qamisan ‘ahmaran
كانت الباربي ذات الجوارب البنفسجية و الشعر البنفسجي أول هدية في عيد ميلادي.	Barbie with purple stockings and purple hair was my first birthday present.	kanat al barbi dhi aljawaribi albanafsajiati wa alchaari al banafsajiyyi ‘awala hadiyatin fi ‘iidi miladi.

•The adjective in these simple examples corresponds to the noun in terms of gender, number, and haraka, As it shows.

food description.:

	Arabic	English	Pronunciation
1	لَذيذ	Delicious	ladhidh
2	حار	spicy	har
3	مالِح	salty	malih
4	حُلو	sweet	holw
5	مَقلي	fried	maqli
6	نيء	raw	nayi’
7	مَطبوخ	cooked	matbukh

•To describe any food we mention it first and then add the adjective to it to form an understandable sentence, taking into account our simple rule. If you are in a restaurant or with your Arab friends, try to use adjectives to describe the food and deal with them.

•Examples :

Arabic	English	Pronunciation
ٱقسم لك أنني لم أتذوق مثل هاذا الدجاجِ المقلِي في حياتي	I swear I have never tasted such fried chicken in my life.	‘uqsimu ‘anani lam ‘atadhawaq mithla hadha aldajaji almaqliyi fi hayaati.
تُحضِرُ جدتي حساءاً مطبوخاً لذيذا كل يوم جمعة	My grandmother makes delicious cooked soup every Friday.	tuhadiru jadati hasa’an matbukhan ladhidhan kula yawmi jumuatin.

• We can describe a noun or a noun phrase in two consecutive adjectives.

Description of appearances :

	Arabic	English	Pronunciation
1	طويل	tall	tawil
2	قصير	short	qasir
3	قوي	strong	qawiy
4	ضعيف	weak	dha3if
5	سمين	fat	samin
6	نحيف	skinny	nahif
7	بشع	Ugly	bachie
8	وسيم	handsome	wasim

•Examples :

Arabic	English	Pronunciation
.لقد قابلت رجلا وسيماً	I have met a handsome man.	laqad qabaltu rajolan wasiman.
.ٌليلي فتاةٌ قصيرةٌ ونحيفة	Lily is a skinny and short girl.	lily fataton qasiraton wa nahifaton.

•In this case, the feminine adjective became easy, what we have to do is add (ة) at the end of the adjective, taking into account our simple rules.

Description of feeling :

	Arabic	English	Pronunciation
1	سعيد	happy	saied
2	حزين	sad	hazin
3	غاضب	angry	ghadhib
4	هادىء	Quiet	hadi’
5	خائف	afraid	kha’if
6	قلِق	worried	qaliq
7	فخور	proud	fakhur
8	خجول	shy	khajul

•Examples :

Arabic	English	Pronunciation
أبي غاضبٌ بدون سبب	Dad is angry for no reason.	‘abi ghadibon bidoni sababin.
ٌألفريد شخص هادىءٌ وخجول	Alfred is a quiet and shy person.	alfred shakhson hadi’on wa khajolon.

•This is very easy, just take into account our simple rules and add (ة) to the end of the adjective when it is feminine.

Description of behaviors :

	Arabic	English	Pronunciation
1	مُهذب	polite	muhadhab
2	وَقح	rud	waqih
3	صادق	honest	sadiq
4	كاذب	liar	kadhib
5	شرير	evil	Shirir
6	ذكي	Smart	dhakiy
7	غبي	stupid	ghabiy
8	ظريف	cute	dharif

•Example :

Arabic	English	Pronunciation
سُمي نبينا محمد بالصادق الأمين	Our Prophet Muhammad was called ASadiq Al’Amin.	sumiya nabiyuna bi asadiqi al ‘amin.
أنا ذكيةٌ جداً	I’m so smart.	‘ana dhakiyaton jidan.

• In this way, we have known the most famous adjectives in the Arabic language and the most commonly used. All you have to do is repeat and re-understand this information over and over again with the application, taking into account the rules. We will meet in another lesson, please ask any questions and I will answer them personally, good luck.

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