Breakdown of سوف يكون اللاعبون سمرا.
الal
the
سوفsawfa
will
لاعبlâ'ib
player
كانkâna
to be
سمرsumr
dark-skinned (pl.)
Questions & Answers about سوف يكون اللاعبون سمرا.
Why is the word for dark-skinned سمرا here instead of the singular أسمر?
This sentence uses the plural because it describes the players. For colors and physical traits that use the أفْعَل (af'al) pattern in the singular (like أسمر), the plural follows the فُعْل (fu'l) pattern. So, the root letters s-m-r become سُمْر (sumr).
Why does سمرا have an alif added to the end?
That alif carries the 'an' sound (tanween fatha). The verb يكون (to be) requires its descriptive part (the predicate) to be in the accusative case. So سُمْر becomes سمرا (sumran). Unlike the singular أسمر, which is a special type of word that cannot take tanween, the plural فُعْل pattern accepts it perfectly!
If 'the players' is plural, why is the verb يكون in the singular form?
This is a classic Arabic rule! When a verb comes before an explicit subject, the verb stays in the singular form. Since يكون (will be) comes before اللاعبون (the players), it remains singular instead of using the plural form يكونون.
Why does اللاعبون end in ـون instead of ـين?
Because اللاعبون is the subject of the sentence (the ones who 'will be'). In Arabic, regular masculine plural subjects take the nominative case, which means they end in ـون (waw and noon). The ـين (ya and noon) ending is used when the word is an object or comes after a preposition.
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