Is specific to the Arabic language, as it represents the pattern/ form of how comparative is made
As in
كِبير — أَكْبَر مِنْ
/ʼakbar min/ /kibeer/
Big — Bigger than
When building the comparative the adjective is always followed by
مِنْ
As in
سامي أَطْوَل مِنْ توم
/saamee ʼaTwal min tom/
Sami is taller than Tom
Without
مِنْ
the adjective will turn into superlative
As in
أَكْبَر بَيْت
Comparative:
أَكْبَر مِنْ
Superlative:
أَكْبَر
Example:
عَظيم
/ʻazeem/
Great
أَعْظَم
/ʼaʻzam/
Greater
Example:
صُغَيَّر
/Sughayyar/
Small
أَصْغَر
/ʼaSghar/
Smaller
Example:
طَويل
/Taweel/
Tall/ Long
أَطْوَل
/ʼaTwal/
Taller/ Longer
Example:
أَكْبَر مَدْرَسَة
/ʼakbar madrasah/
The biggest school
Examples:
أَحْسَن مِنْ
/ʼaHsan min/
Better than
أَكْبَر مِنْ
/ʼakbar min/
Bigger/ older than
أَصْغَر مِنْ
/ʼaSghar min/
Smaller than
دا
Means
That (Masculine nouns)
As in
الكِتاب دا
/ilkitaab da/
That book
دي
/di/
Means
That (Feminine nouns)
As in
الجامْعَة دي
/ilgaamʻah di/
That university
يا
/yaa/
Is a vocative particle for both genders,
it is followed by a noun or a proper noun
As in
يـا كَريم
/yaa kareem/
Hey Kareem
Examples:
يا فَرَح
/yaa faraH/
Hey Farah
يا كَريم
/yaa kareem/
Hey Kareem
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