plz help

[ehha]

i have a feeling this totally wrong.. anyway this is wat im trying to say
Their (2 boys) exams begin in november and end in december :

امتحاناتهما يبدأن في تشرين الثاني وينهان في كانون الأول

are yubdaani and yunhaani correct? does the sentence make sense?

 

[mohammed essa]

salam alekom
ok i will try to explain it for you
started means بدأ
the present simple of it is يبدأ the common form which is masculine
but in the form of feminine it will be تبدأ
and here exams which is امتحانات is a feminine noun so it will be تبدأ
you will wonder how exams which is plural but it takes تبدأ instead of تبدأن
i will tell you because exams is not an intellectual thing or rational thing
but if you are talking about women which is intellectual it will be تبدأن
and the same for end which will be تنتهى
so you can say
امتحاناتهما تبدأ في تشرين الثاني وتنتهى في كانون الأول
and to be more exact
this action will happen in the future so you can put سوف which is ( will ) before each verb so it will be
امتحاناتهما سوف تبدأ في تشرين الثاني وسوف تنتهى في كانون الأول
hope that u understand me and salam

 

[ehha]

jzk

 

[ehha]

for some reason iwas thikning imtihaan is a male wrd .. silly me

 

[mohammed essa]

you r right imtihaan which is single (exam) is a male wrd
but imtihanat which is plural (exams) is a female wrd

so u can say
الامتحان يبدأ
الامتحانات تبدأ

hope u r not confused
salam

 

[ehha]

nope not confused at all!
jzk

 

[ehha]

how do u say i have a sister?
أنا لأخت؟

 

[ehha]

i think this makes mor sense?:
لي اخت

 

[lolwatever]

yep the last one is correct

 

[ehha]

finally im getting to 50 posts... *sigh this is taking agesssss