Breakdown of هل ذهب الطالب إلى المطعم؟ نعم.
الal
the
هلhal
is / are (question marker)
نعمna'am
yes
طالبtâlib
student
ذهبdhahaba
to go
إلىilâ
to
مطعمmat'am
restaurant
Questions & Answers about هل ذهب الطالب إلى المطعم؟ نعم.
How does the preposition إلى work here compared to في?
إلى (ilaa) means "to" or "towards" and is used to show direction or movement. You use it here because of the verb of motion ذهب (went). If you wanted to say the student is already inside eating, you would use في (fii), which means "in" or "at" for a fixed location.
Why does the verb ذهب (went) come before الطالب (the student)?
In Arabic, the standard sentence structure is usually Verb-Subject-Object. So, instead of saying "Did the student go..." like in English, Arabic literally asks "Did go the student...".
Is إلى attached to the word that comes after it?
No. إلى is a "separate preposition." This means it is written as its own independent word with a space after it, unlike some shorter prepositions in Arabic that physically attach to the beginning of a noun.
How would this sentence change if the student was female?
You would need to change the verb and the noun to match the feminine gender. ذهب (he went) becomes ذهبت (she went), and الطالب (the male student) becomes الطالبة (the female student). The preposition إلى and the question word هل stay exactly the same.
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