Breakdown of أرسل المدير رسالة إلى المشرفين.
الal
the
إلىilâ
to
مديرmudîr
manager
أرسلarsala
to send
رسالةrisâla
letter / message
مشرفmushrif
supervisor
Questions & Answers about أرسل المدير رسالة إلى المشرفين.
Is أرسل a superlative adjective here since it has the (أفعل) pattern we are learning?
No, even though it shares the exact same pattern, أرسل is a Form IV past tense verb meaning "he sent." You can tell it is an action from the context, as it is followed by a subject doing the action, المدير (the manager), and an object receiving it, رسالة (a message).
Why does the word for supervisors end in -ين (المشرفين) instead of -ون (المشرفون)?
Because it comes immediately after the preposition إلى (to). Prepositions force the noun that follows them into the genitive case. For regular masculine plural words, this changes the nominative -ون (-uun) ending into the genitive -ين (-iin) ending.
Is there a connection between the verb أرسل and the noun رسالة?
Yes! They share the exact same three-letter root: ر-س-ل (r-s-l), which is all about sending, letters, and messengers. Recognizing these root letters helps you guess that they are related to the same core concept.
How do we know رسالة means "a message" and not "the message"?
It lacks the definite article ال (al-) at the beginning. In Arabic, simply leaving off the ال makes a standard noun indefinite, which translates to "a message" in English.
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