Topic > Subject Verb Agreement: Agreement with joint subjects

Agreement with joint subjectsAgreement is complicated with subjects made up of joint NPs. In VSO word order, the verb agrees only with the first conjunct. This means that the NP inVSO is assigned a joint first control characteristic. Then the coordination model tests this functionality. If it is found, the entire conjunction is assigned the same characteristics as the first conjunction (Attia.2010). .masc.sg the –letter On the other hand in sentences with SVO word order, the verb agrees with the entire conjunct set rather than just one of its conjuncts. The whole agreement follows some rules. First, the genre; the entire NP is masculine unless all the conjunctions are feminine nouns, in which case it is feminine. Second, person; • 1st if any NP is in the 1st person • 2nd if any NP is in the 2nd person • Otherwise the person is the 3rdFinally, the number : The entire NP is plural unless there are only two conjuncts and both are singular, in in which case the entire NP is dual.البنت وامها كتبتا الرسالهAl-bintu w-ummu-ha katabta al-risaltaThe-girl.fem.sg and-mother.fem .sg 3.fem.pl the-letterDifferences and similarities between subject agreement -verb in English and Arabic:1- In English the SV orders show complete agreement between subject and verb, while the VS orders in Arabic show only partial agreement.2- According to Aleya (1992. p.61) ''The pronouns Doubled subjects are a reflection of the Arabic system of subject-verb agreement. This requires the v...... in the middle of the card...... singular and all plural verbs usually do not ''. In the past all the different subjects agree with the same verb by adding -ed at the end of the base verb for the regular verb and also take the same irregular. There are two ways you can make a mistake with this rule: 1-Not correctly identifying what the subject of the verb is. 2- Mistaking whether the subject is singular or plural. Arabic is being discovered to have two types of agreement . Full agreementFor VSO word order and partial agreement for SVO word order. Furthermore, Arabic verbs show agreement in number (singular, plural, dual), gender (masculine, feminine), and person (1st, 2nd, 3rd), as well as in mood. Furthermore, there are three types of agreement that occur in Arabic (verbal agreement, word order agreement, and conjoined subject agreement).