Breakdown of أرسل المنظمون المهندسين إلى الفندق.
الal
the
إلىilâ
to
مهندسmuhandis
engineer
فندقfunduq
hotel
أرسلarsala
to send
منظمmunaẓẓim
organizer
Questions & Answers about أرسل المنظمون المهندسين إلى الفندق.
Why does the word for organizers end in ـون but engineers ends in ـين? Aren't they both regular masculine plurals?
Yes, they are both regular masculine plurals, but their role in the sentence changes their ending. When the plural noun is doing the action (the subject), it ends in ـون (-oon). Since المنظمون (the organizers) are the ones sending, they get this ending. When the plural noun receives the action (the object), it ends in ـين (-een). Since المهندسين (the engineers) are being sent, they take this ending.
Why is the verb أرسل (he sent) singular when the subject (the organizers) is plural?
This is a very common Arabic rule: when the verb comes before the subject, it stays in its singular form. It only needs to match the subject's gender. Because the organizers are masculine, we use the singular masculine form أرسل. If the organizers came first (Subject-Verb order), the verb would have to become plural.
How do I find the singular forms of المنظمون and المهندسين?
Because these are regular plurals, finding the singular is as easy as chopping off the plural endings! If you remove the ـون and ـين, you are left with المنظم (the organizer) and المهندس (the engineer).
Would the ending for engineers change if it came after the preposition إلى?
No, it would stay exactly the same! For regular masculine plurals, the ـين (-een) ending is used both when the word is the direct object of a verb (like in this sentence) and when it comes right after a preposition. So if the sentence ended with to the engineers, it would be إلى المهندسين.
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