Word
مطبخنا نظيف.
Meaning
Our kitchen is clean.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of مطبخنا نظيف.
نظيفnazhîf
clean
ناnâ
our / us (object) / we (subject suffix on past verb)
مطبخmatbakh
kitchen
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Questions & Answers about مطبخنا نظيف.
How do we say "our" in this sentence?
To say "our", we attach the ending ـنا (-na) directly to the end of the noun. Here, the word مطبخ (kitchen) becomes مطبخنا (our kitchen).
I learned that kitchen is مطبخ. Why does the last letter look different here?
In the standalone word مطبخ, the final letter is a full خ. But when we attach the pronoun ـنا to make مطبخنا, that letter is no longer at the end of the word. It changes to its connected middle form so the ن can join it.
Where is the word for "is" in this sentence?
In Arabic, there is no direct translation for "is" or "are" in the present tense. You simply put the subject (مطبخنا, our kitchen) right next to the describing word (نظيف, clean), and "is" is understood automatically.
Since "our" refers to multiple people, shouldn't the word for "clean" be plural too?
No, because the word نظيف (clean) is describing the kitchen, not the people! Since مطبخ (kitchen) is a masculine, singular noun, the adjective describing it must also be masculine and singular.