Questions & Answers about تكلمت مع العاملين اليوم.
Why is it العاملين and not العاملون?
The word العاملين is a regular masculine plural (meaning workers). It ends in -ين instead of -ون because it comes right after مع (with). In Arabic, مع always forces the noun that follows it into the genitive case, which changes the regular masculine plural ending from -ون to -ين.
How can I tell if تكلمت means I spoke or she spoke since there are no short vowels written?
Without vowel marks, تكلمت could be read as تَكَلَّمْتُ (I spoke), تَكَلَّمْتَ (you masculine spoke), or تَكَلَّمَتْ (she spoke). In real life reading, context is usually your only clue! Here, the translation tells us it is meant to be read as I spoke, but as an isolated sentence, it could technically be any of those.
Why does اليوم mean today when it literally translates to the day?
In Arabic, adding the definite article الـ to the word يوم (day) creates اليوم, which is the standard way to say today. When placed at the end of a sentence to show when an action happened, it acts as an adverb of time.
What verb form is تكلمت?