Breakdown of هل باع الرجل المتجرين؟
الal
the
هلhal
is / are (question marker)
رجلrajul
man
متجرmatjar
store
باعbâ'a
to sell
Questions & Answers about هل باع الرجل المتجرين؟
Why is the word for the two stores المتجرين instead of المتجران?
In this sentence, the two stores are the direct object of the verb باع (sold) because they are the things being sold. Direct objects take the accusative case. For dual nouns, the accusative ending is ـين (-ayn) instead of the nominative ـان (-ān).
How do I pronounce the ending of المتجرين?
It is pronounced with an -ayn sound (al-matjarayn). The dual suffix for the accusative and genitive cases is always ـَين (-ayn). Be careful not to confuse it with the regular masculine plural ending ـِين (-een), which has a long ee sound.
Why doesn't the verb باع change to match the two stores?
The verb always agrees with the subject (the doer of the action), not the object. Here, the subject is الرجل (the man), which is singular. Additionally, because the verb comes before the subject in this sentence, it stays in its basic singular form.
What is the singular form of المتجرين?
The singular word is متجر (matjar), meaning store or shop. It comes from the root letters for trade and commerce, which you also see in words like تاجر (merchant). To make it dual, you just add the ـين suffix directly to the singular noun.
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