• "In Arabic both living things and inanimate (non-living) things are treated as either masculine or feminine".

• In this part of the lesson Insha Allah (God willing) we will learn about the masculine and the feminine words. We will also learn how to change a masculine word into a feminine word. There are three symbols which change a masculine word to a feminine word when added on the end of a masculine word and they are:

It should be remembered that the second last letter of a feminine word always takes a fatha.

Following are some examples to better understand the above mentioned rules:

Arabic:	Transliteration:	Translation:	Picture:
أَنَا طَبِيْبٌ	Ana tabeebun	I am a doctor
أَنَا طَالِبَةٌ	Ana talibatun	I am a female student
أَنْتَ مُدَرِّسٌ	Anta mudarrisun	You are a male teacher
أَنْتِ طَبِيْبَةٌ	Antee tabibatun	You are a lady doctor
هُوَ مُهَنْدِسٌ	Huwa muhandisun	He is an engineer
هِيَ مُمَرِّضَةٌ	Heeya mumaridhatun	She is a female nurse
آمِنَةُ فِي الْمَطْبَخِ	Aminatu fil matbakhi	Aminah is in the kitchen
مِنْ أَيْنَ أَنْتَ؟	Min ayna anta	Where are you from
أَنَا مِنَ الْصِّيْنِ	Ana min-as Seen	I am from China