Agreement Link
Which elements must match each other?
المعنى
A coding rule where words change form to match another word's person, number, gender, case, definiteness, or class.
كيفية التعرّف عليه
Look for forms that change because another word changed.
أمثلة
he goes|la casa roja|these books
subject-verb agreement|adjective agreement
The dogs are hungry.
Visual guide
controller -> follower ---------------------- The dogs -> are number: plural matches plural If noun changes: dog -> is dogs -> are
Agreement patterns subject <-> verb: he goes noun <-> adjective: la casa roja det <-> noun: these books Features may match: person, number, gender, case
منظور اللغة
في اللغة الأم
Agreement is central across verbs, adjectives, pronouns and sometimes non-human plural patterns.
البنتُ الذكيةُ كتبتْ الدرسَ.
The smart girl wrote the lesson.
في لغة التعلم
English agreement is limited but important: third-person singular present -s, be forms, demonstratives, and pronouns.
She walks to work.
walks agrees with she
Learners often omit third-person -s or mismatch this/these and there is/are.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.