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Adjectives & Agreement

-ā / -ī / -e agreement

Adjectives in -ā agree (m -ā, f -ī, pl -e)

Marked adjectives change form.

📊 Agreement of اچھا (good)
Form Use Example
اچھا achchhā masc. sg اچھا لڑکا
اچھی achchhī feminine اچھی لڑکی
اچھے achchhe masc. pl اچھے لڑکے
💬 Examples
اچھا لڑکا / اچھی لڑکی
achchhā laṛkā / achchhī laṛkī
a good boy / a good girl
📝 -ā (m) vs -ī (f)
اچھے لڑکے
achchhe laṛke
good boys
📝 -e (masculine plural)
Adjectives precede the noun

As in English.

💬 Examples
بڑا گھر
baṛā ghar
a big house
📝 Adjective before the noun
خوبصورت باغ
khūbsūrat bāgh
a beautiful garden
📝 Adjective + noun
Some adjectives don't change (invariable)

Those not ending in -ā.

💬 Examples
خوبصورت لڑکی
khūbsūrat laṛkī
a beautiful girl
📝 خوبصورت is invariable
لال کتاب
lāl kitāb
a red book
📝 لال (red) doesn't change