Breakdown of نجح تسعة عشر طالبا في الامتحان.
الal
the
طالبtâlib
student
امتحانimtihân
exam
نجح فيnajaha fi
to succeed in
تسعة عشرtis'ata 'ashara
nineteen
Questions & Answers about نجح تسعة عشر طالبا في الامتحان.
English says 'nineteen students', so why is طالبا singular?
In Arabic, numbers from 11 to 99 are always followed by a singular noun. Even though the meaning is plural, the grammar rule requires the singular word طالبا (student) rather than the plural طلاب.
Why does طالبا have an extra alif at the end?
That alif holds the 'an' sound (a double fatha). Nouns counted by numbers from 11 to 99 must be in the accusative case. For a word like طالب, this means adding an alif with a double fatha to make it طالبا.
Why do the two parts of the number تسعة عشر seem to have different genders?
For numbers 13 to 19, the gender rules are split! The second part (عشر) matches the masculine gender of the counted noun (طالبا). However, the first part (تسعة) does the exact opposite and takes the feminine ending.
Why is the verb نجح (he succeeded) singular when there are nineteen students?
In Arabic verbal sentences, when the verb comes before the subject, it always stays singular. Because 'students' is a masculine group, we use the standard masculine singular form نجح.
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