Breakdown of هل توقف الاتصال لأنه ضعيف؟
الal
the
هلhal
is / are (question marker)
هhu
his / him (object) / it (dummy pronoun after لأن)
لأنli'anna
because
ضعيفda'îf
weak
اتصالittisâl
connection
توقفtawaqqafa
to stop
Questions & Answers about هل توقف الاتصال لأنه ضعيف؟
How does لأنه mean "because it is"?
This word combines لأن (because) with the attached pronoun ـه (he/it). Because the word for connection, الاتصال, is masculine, we use the masculine pronoun ـه. Arabic does not use a word for "is" in present tense sentences like this, so لأنه ضعيف translates to "because it [is] weak".
Why is there no Arabic word for "did" in this question?
In English, we use "did" to ask a past tense question. In Arabic, you just use the question word هل (which turns a statement into a yes/no question) followed by the regular past tense verb. Here, توقف means "stopped", so هل توقف directly translates to "Did [it] stop?".
Why doesn't the adjective ضعيف have "al-" (the) at the beginning?
If an adjective has "al-" just like its noun, it forms a phrase like "the weak connection". By leaving "al-" off the adjective, it becomes the predicate of a sentence, creating the meaning "the connection [is] weak".
What if the noun was feminine, like the word for network (شبكة)?
You would need to change the attached pronoun on لأن and the gender of the adjective. The phrase "because it is weak" would become لأنها ضعيفة. The pronoun changes to ـها (she/it) and the adjective gets a Taa Marboota (ـة) at the end to match the feminine noun.
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