re a Delis ae GATEWAY TO ARABICBook Two Dr. imran Hamza Alawiye ener jearners of Arabic who have mastered the basics of reading and writingGender Allnouns in Arabic are either masculine or feminine, no matter whether they are humans, animals or objects. Unlike in English, there is no word for ‘it’ in Arabic. All nouns are referred to as ‘he’ or ‘she’. The following words, which are all to do with school, are divided into two lists, one of masculine words and the other of feminine words. Read the two lists out loud. What do you notice about the feminine words? *. é- A a6 J Feminine Weed ye Masculine i= de a blackboard an exercise a table book a stapler a pencil sharpener an eraser ie a chair (rubben a ruler Scissors a computer ‘ee a doy @ Did you notice how ail the feminine words end in taa marouta? 6 aX ( Ube gs p+ gb ) Nearly all Arabic words that end with taa marbuta are feminine. 2