Agreement Link
Which elements must match each other?
ਅਰਥ
A coding rule where words change form to match another word's person, number, gender, case, definiteness, or class.
ਇਸ ਨੂੰ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਪਛਾਣਣਾ ਹੈ
Look for forms that change because another word changed.
ਉਦਾਹਰਨਾਂ
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
ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਝਲਕ
ਤੁਹਾਡੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ
Agreement links verbs and adjectives to gender, number, person and honorificity, sometimes shifted by case marking.
ਸੀਤਾ ਗਈ, ਰਾਮ ਗਿਆ।
Sita went-feminine, Ram went-masculine.
ਸਿੱਖੀ ਜਾ ਰਹੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ
Agreement is central across verbs, adjectives, pronouns and sometimes non-human plural patterns.
البنتُ الذكيةُ كتبتْ الدرسَ.
The smart girl wrote the lesson.
Learners often miss gender, number, case or human/non-human agreement rules.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.