Questions & Answers about المترجمون مع المدربين.
Why do the plural words here have different endings, with translators ending in ـون and trainers ending in ـين?
This shows how regular masculine plurals change depending on their role in the sentence. المترجمون is the subject (the main focus), so it takes the default ـون (-oon) ending. المدربين comes after the word مع (with). Words following مع must change their ending, which for regular masculine plurals means switching to ـين (-een).
Where is the word for "are" in المترجمون مع المدربين?
There isn't one! In Arabic, present-tense sentences using "is" or "are" don't require a verb. You simply state the subject (المترجمون) followed immediately by the information about them.
Does the word مع (with) always make the next word plural?
No, you can definitely be with a singular person! However, مع always affects the grammatical state of the noun following it. If that noun happens to be a regular masculine plural, the "with" forces its ending to be ـين instead of ـون.
Could this sentence be talking about a group of female translators and trainers?
No, because regular feminine plurals use a completely different ending: ـات (-aat). If they were all women, it would be المترجمات مع المدربات. The masculine endings ـون and ـين are used for groups of men, or a mixed group of men and women.
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