Breakdown of أين الممثل الذي حصل على أفضل جائزة؟
أينayna
where
حصل علىhasala 'alâ
to obtain
الذيalladhî
the one who / which (m)
جائزةjâ'iza
prize
ممثلmumaththil
actor
أفضلafdal
best / better
Questions & Answers about أين الممثل الذي حصل على أفضل جائزة؟
Why do we use الذي here instead of التي?
الذي is the masculine singular relative pronoun meaning who or which. It must match the gender of the noun it refers back to. Because we are talking about a male actor, الممثل, we use الذي. If we were talking about a female actress, we would use التي.
Why is the word على used right after the verb حصل?
In Arabic, certain verbs are always paired with specific prepositions. The verb حصل (to get or obtain) is almost always followed by the preposition على (on). So, while in English we just say got the prize, in Arabic you use حصل على, which essentially acts as a single phrase meaning to get or to obtain.
I thought adjectives usually come after the noun in Arabic. Why is أفضل before جائزة?
You are right that regular adjectives come after the noun! However, أفضل (best) is a superlative. In Arabic, when you use a superlative word to say the best or the biggest of something, it is placed directly before the noun. The noun that follows it, like جائزة (prize), is written in its indefinite form without ال (the).
Why is the past tense verb حصل in the masculine form if جائزة (prize) is a feminine word?
The verb must agree with the person doing the action. The male actor (الممثل) is the one who got the prize, so we use the masculine 'he' form of the past tense verb, which is حصل. The gender of the object receiving the action (the prize) does not change the verb.
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