Al-Lahjah : Jurnal Pendidikan, Bahasa Arab dan Kajian Linguistik Arab
Vol. 9 No. 1 (2026): Januari

Error Analysis of Mudzakkar and Muannats Usage among Indonesian University Students Learning Arabic

Ahmad Fikri (IAIN Kerinci)
Harisah Harisah (IAIN Kerinci)



Article Info

Publish Date
21 Jul 2026

Abstract

Grammatical gender is one of the most challenging morphosyntactic features of Arabic, requiring agreement between masculine (mudzakkar) and feminim (muannats) nouns and other sentence elements, including verbs, adjectives, demonstratives, and pronouns. This study aims to analyze students` error patterns in the use of mudzakkar and muannats and identify the factors contributing to these errors. A descriptive qualitative approach employing error analysis was used. Data were collected through a  written tests administered to 28 students enrolled in an Arabic Language Education program at an Indonesian university. The data were analyzed through error identification, classification, and interpretation. The findings indicate that the most frequent errors involved nouns adjective gender agreement, followed by subjects verbs agreement and the use of demonstratives and pronouns. These errors were mainly attributed to first language interference, limited vocabulary, and insufficient contextual practice. The findings highlights the importance of contextualized, usage based Arabic grammar instruction to improve learners` mastery of gender agreement.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

lahjah

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Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

JURNAL AL-LAHJAH adalah jurnal terbitan berkala dalam bidang kajian pendidikan dan sastra arab yang diterbitkan oleh LPPM Universitas KH. A. Wahab Hasbullah. Publikasi pada jurnal ini diterbitkan dua kali dalam satu tahun pada bulan Januari dan Juli serta menekankan pada hasil penelitian. Al-Lahjah ...