62 Grammar: the noun adjective phrase
The noun adjective phrase
Adjectives (that is, words that describe nouns) must agree with the word they modify in gender, definiteness, and number (singular or plural). Note that noun-adjective phrases agree in all ways in the following examples.
noun adjective phrase agreement
| a big house | bayt kabiir | بيت كبير |
| the new student (f) | al-Taaliba al-gadiida | الطالبة الجديدة |
| the pen | al-qalam | القلم |
| an American student (m) | Taalib Amriikii | طالب أمريكي |
| the Egyptian teachers | al-mudarrisin al-maSriyiin | المدرّسين المصريين |
