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Lower Intermediate - Full of clouds

Learn how to discuss the weather in today's podcast. We particularly teach you how to predict that it will rain because of cloudy skies. This predication might go against what the weather forecast said.
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    shebab says
    Tue 17th Sep 13@05:40 pm

    Another great lesson! I never actually have paid attention to whether nouns are masculine or feminine in Arabic unless they end in tamar bu ta...it doesn't seem to be a big issue for regular conversation as it is in French or Spanish....For Ehab or Mohd, isn't there a grammar rule that if the noun is a thing rather than a person, you use the masculine conjugation هو rather than هي? For example, القطة يمشي instead of القطة تمشي? Or am I completely wrong? Sorry if I am!

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  • Ehab says
    Fri 20th Sep 13@08:52 pm

    Ahlan shebab,
    For singular nouns, you use (huwa هو) with masculine nouns and (hiya هي) for feminine ones regardless to being person or a thing.
    So you should say (the cat walks القطة تمشي) - (the dog walks الكلب يمشي) and (it is my aunt's book هو كتاب عمتي).
    Hope that clarifies it.
  • shebab says
    Mon 23rd Sep 13@04:00 am

    Thanks Ehab! I don't know how I came up with that imaginary rule in my head! wink
  • Fazzarabic says
    Tue 24th Sep 13@10:21 pm

    Good lesson! Thanks. I do benefit from these podcasts so please keep them coming.
  • sus313 says
    Tue 9th Jun 15@11:28 am

    Very nice job. Thanks!

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