"كَيْف تَعُدّين مِن ٢ إِلى ٨ يا سامْية؟"

Translation: How do you count from 2 to 8, Samia?

[StevenWest12]

For a course titled "1 to 10", I'm learning an awful lot about verbs in second person singular, as well as a new question word "how", but not so much about the pronunciation of the actual numbers themselves :(

[AnthPalm]

Are there two different forms of "you count"?

[nathanmn]

Yes, for 2nd person, singular, present tense, there are different forms for masculine and feminine. Speaking to a male would be "تعد" but "تعدين" when speaking to a female.

[vsandl]

Mumtaz!

[a.gl3]

We just need to add تَ in front of all verbs to form the 2nd person singular present or is it more complicated than that?

[nathanmn]

That is correct for the masculine form, but the feminine form needs the suffix "ين" too.

[MechamRachel]

Curtis Dufour, that is not at all helpful, really just showing off that you know so much!
What I need to know is whether we are actually going to be given a lesson on the verb endings for male & female, and why suddenly, extra endings on names are being pronounced differently. Also why are the new 'speakers' adding little sounds not seen on the written arabic words. A lesson on this would be appreciated too!

[jin__wu]

Why is the suffix for تعد here in such a different form for second person singular? It's usually a ك ending.

[nathanmn]

It's the verb conjugation for 2nd person, feminine, present tense. The other ending you reference is the 2nd person possessive, with different short vowels for masculine and feminine.