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Omani Arabic Grammar - Adjectives

Hi Omani Arabic learners! 😊
In this lesson, we will focus on adjectives in Omani Arabic. Adjectives are words that describe, modify or quantify a noun or pronoun. For example, in the sentence "The red car is fast", "red" is the adjective that describes the car.

Finish this lesson and explore these related pages: Pronouns, How to Use Have & Conditional Mood.

Adjectives in Omani Arabic

In Omani Arabic, adjectives typically come after the noun they modify. This is different from English, where the adjective typically comes before the noun.

Examples:

Omani Arabic	Pronunciation	English
سَيَارَة حَمْرَا	sayara hamra	red car
بَيْت كَبِير	bayt kabeer	big house

In Omani Arabic, adjectives agree in gender and number with the noun they modify. This means that if the noun is feminine, then the adjective should be feminine too, and if the noun is plural, then the adjective should be plural too.

Examples:

Omani Arabic	Pronunciation	English
بِنْت صَغِيرَة	bint sagheera	small girl
بِنَات صَغِيرَات	banaat sagheeraat	small girls

Comparative and Superlative

In English, comparative and superlative forms of adjectives are formed by adding "-er" and "-est" respectively. In Omani Arabic, this concept is expressed by using the words "زَيْد" (zayd) for comparative and "أَكْثَر" (akthar) for superlative.

Examples:

Omani Arabic	Pronunciation	English
هَذِهِ السَيَّارةُ أَسْرَعُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ	hadhihi sayyaratun asra'u min dhalik	This car is faster than that one.
هَذَا الطَّرِيقُ أَكْثَرُ خَطَرًا مِنْ الطُّرُقِ الْأُخْرَى	hadha attariqu aktharu khataran min atturukil ukhra	This road is the most dangerous of all the roads.

Examples in Context

Let's look at a dialogue between two friends using adjectives:

• Person 1: مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكِ يَا سَارَة! أَنْتِ جَمِيلَةٌ جِدًّا. (Masha'allah 'alayk ya Sarah! Anti jameela jiddan.) (Wow, Sarah! You are very beautiful!)
• Person 2: شُكْرًا لَكَ! هَذِهِ الْفُرْشَةُ نَاعِمَةٌ. أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَشْتَرِي وَاحِدَةً مِثْلَهَا لِشَقَّتِي. (Shukran lak! Hadhihil furshatu naaima. Ureedu an ashtari wahidatan mithlaha li shakhti.) (Thank you! This pillow is soft. I want to buy one like it for my apartment.)

Practice

To improve your Omani Arabic grammar, you can use Polyglot Club to find native speakers and ask them any questions!

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Other Lessons

• How to Use Be
• How to Use Have
• Negation
• Conditional Mood
• Pronouns
• Give your Opinion
• Plurals
• Questions

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