Inanimate nouns (غَيْرُ العَاقِل)

The plural form for inanimate beings is the plural form that does not refer to humans. It can be sound (سالم) plural or broken (تكسير) plural (as we already learned at the beginning of the section)

The Sound Feminine Pluralالسَّيَارَةُ - السَّيَارَاتُ

Broken Pluralsالطَّائِرُ - الطُّيُورُ

الطّيُورُ The birds

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ــ الطُّيُورُ جَمِيلَةٌ These birds are beautiful

هَؤُلَاءِ

هذه

هذا

بَـحْرٌ Seaبِـحَارٌ Seas

ــ الـبَحْرُ دَافِئٌ This sea is warm

هذا

هذه

هذا الـبَحْرُ دَافِئٌ وـــ البِحَارُ دافِئِةُ This sea is warm, and those seas are warm

ذَلِكَ

تِلْكَ

السَّيَارَات Cars

ــ السَّيَارَاتُ مِنَ أَلْـمَانِيَا Those cars are from Germany

تِلْكَ

ذَاكَ

هَؤُلَاءِ

طَاوِلَــاتُ البَـيْتِ صَغِيرَةٌ The tables in the house are small

Please note that طَاوِلَاتُ البَـيْتِ is الأضافة، at the same time this construction is المبتدأ​, and صَغِيرَةٌ is الخَبر

Select the best response

Why does صَغِيرَةٌ have a ة?

Because طَاوِلَاتُ inanimate

I dont know

مُنَاقَشَــاتُ الـمُعَـلِّـمِ مُفِيدَةٌ Teacher discussions are useful

Select the best response

Why مُفِيدَةٌ use ة?

I dont know

Because مُنَاقَشَــاتُ is inanimate

جَامِعَــاتُ ألْـمَانِيَا الكَبِيرَةُ Universities in Germany are big

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