In this section we will learn the use of first two numbers in Arabic, Insha Allah (God-Willing) relating to feminine Ma'dood.   To recap the rules we learnt in the previous section:

We have already learnt in the previous lesson that in Arabic language the phrase comprising of a number and a noun following that number is called a Number Phrase i.e., "مُرَكَّبُ الْعَدَدِي" the number is called A'adad i.e., "الْعَدَدُ" and the noun describing that number is called Ma'adood "الْمَعْدُوْدُ" i.e., the noun for that number.

The number phrase for number "one" and "two" are treated as an adjective Phrase. We have already learnt the rules for the Adjective Phrase in (Lesson 9 section 2)

The nouns for the numbers "one" and "two" always precede the number i.e., they come before the number and are treated as the adjective of that number i.e.,

• The noun will take the same case as the number,

• it will take the same gender, and

• it will always be indefinite noun

For example:

One note-book will be translated as كُرَّاسَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ, and

Two faculties will be translated as كُلِّيَّاتَانِ إِثْنَتَانِ

• Lets use some more examples to understand this rule: