Breakdown of حضر ثمانون رجلا الحفلة.
الal
the
رجلrajul
man
حفلةhafla
party / concert
حضرhadara
to attend
ثمانونthamânûna
eighty
Questions & Answers about حضر ثمانون رجلا الحفلة.
Why is the word for "men" written as the singular رجلا instead of a plural?
In Arabic, numbers from 11 to 99 are always followed by a singular noun. So instead of saying "eighty men," the grammar literally requires you to say "eighty man."
Why does رجلا have an extra alif at the end?
The alif is added to hold the "an" sound (double fatha) which marks the accusative case. Nouns counted by numbers from 11 to 99 must always take this specific case ending.
Why does ثمانون (eighty) end with ون?
The "tens" numbers from 20 to 90 change their endings based on their role in the sentence, just like regular masculine plural words. Because "eighty" is the subject doing the attending here, it takes the ون subject ending. If it were the object of a verb, it would change to ثمانين.
Why is the verb حضر (he attended) in the singular form when eighty people are doing the action?
In Arabic sentences where the verb comes before the subject, the verb always stays in its singular form. Since the subject is masculine, we use the singular masculine "he" form حضر rather than a plural "they" form.
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