Breakdown of أنتم مجموعة قوية.
مجموعةmajmûʿa
group / collection (of designs)
أنتمantum
you all
قويqawiyy
strong
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Questions & Answers about أنتم مجموعة قوية.
Why do we use أنتم here instead of another word for 'you'?
أنتم is the independent subject pronoun for 'you' when speaking to a group of three or more people that includes at least one male. If you were speaking to a group of only women, you would use أنتن.
Where is the word for 'are' in this sentence?
Arabic does not use a word for 'to be' (like 'am', 'is', or 'are') in simple present tense sentences. You just put the subject (أنتم) next to the description (مجموعة قوية) to make a complete sentence.
If أنتم is plural, why is the word for group (مجموعة) singular?
Even though 'you all' refers to multiple people, together they make up one single entity. Just like in English, we use the singular noun مجموعة to say 'a group'.
Why does the adjective قوية end with a taa marbuta (ة)?
Adjectives must match the gender of the noun they describe. The noun for group, مجموعة, is feminine (which we can tell by its taa marbuta ending). Therefore, the adjective 'strong' must also take the feminine ending, becoming قوية.