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Describe things and make statements
Match adjectives and distinguish a phrase from a sentence.
After the noun
An attributive adjective follows its noun and agrees in gender and definiteness: كتاب جديد a new book; المدرسة الجديدة the new school. جديد/جديدة mean new; كبير/كبيرة mean big; صغير/صغيرة mean small.
الكتاب الجديد / المدرسة الجديدة
A whole statement
With a definite subject and an indefinite adjective, الكتاب جديد means the book is new. Compare الكتاب الجديد, the new book: a phrase, not the same statement.
البيت كبير / البيت الكبير
Non-human plurals
كتب means books. In these ordinary MSA examples a non-human plural takes feminine singular agreement: الكتب جديدة; هذه كتب جديدة. Do not transfer this agreement to groups of people.
الكتب جديدة