Breakdown of اللاعب الذي فاز بالجائزة سعيد.
سعيدsa'îd
happy
بbi
by, with (attached)
لاعبlâ'ib
player
الذيalladhî
the one who / which (m)
فازfâza
to win
جائزةjâ'iza
prize
Questions & Answers about اللاعب الذي فاز بالجائزة سعيد.
Why do we use الذي instead of التي in this sentence?
الذي means "who" or "which" for masculine nouns. It refers back to اللاعب (the player), which is a masculine word. If the sentence was about a female player (اللاعبة), you would use the feminine relative pronoun التي instead.
Where is the word for "is" in this sentence?
Arabic doesn't use a word for "is" in the present tense. The entire phrase اللاعب الذي فاز بالجائزة (The player who won the prize) acts as one big subject. The word سعيد (happy) is the predicate (the part that gives information about the subject). To say "the player is happy," you just place them side-by-side!
Why is there a بـ attached to the word for "prize" (بالجائزة)?
The verb فاز (to win) almost always requires the preposition بـ (which often means "with" or "by") before the thing that is won. So in Arabic, you literally say "won with the prize" instead of just "won the prize".
How do I pronounce the beginning of بالجائزة?
When the prefix بـ (bi-) attaches to a word that starts with the "the" prefix الـ (-al), the "a" sound of the الـ becomes silent. You pronounce it as "bil-ja'iza", blending the "bi" sound directly into the "l" sound.
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