Breakdown of الطالبات اللواتي حضرن الاجتماع سعيدات.
الal
the
سعيدsa'îd
happy
اجتماعijtimâ'
meeting
حضرhadara
to attend
طالبةtâliba
student
اللواتيallawâti
who (f. pl.)
Questions & Answers about الطالبات اللواتي حضرن الاجتماع سعيدات.
Why do we use اللواتي here instead of التي?
اللواتي is the relative pronoun specifically for human females in the plural. Since الطالبات (the female students) is a human feminine plural noun, we must use اللواتي instead of the singular التي or the masculine plural الذين.
Why does the verb حضرن end with the letter ن?
That ن at the end is how you conjugate a past tense verb for 'they (feminine)'. Because the action is done by the female students, the verb must match them in both gender and number.
Does the verb حضرن need a preposition like 'to' before الاجتماع?
No, the Arabic verb for 'to attend' takes a direct object. Just like in English, you simply say they 'attended the meeting' (حضرن الاجتماع) without adding a preposition in between.
How does the sentence show 'are happy' without a verb for 'are'?
Arabic uses a nominal sentence structure here. The main subject الطالبات (the female students) is definite, and the main predicate سعيدات (happy) is indefinite (it has no ال attached to it). This definite-plus-indefinite pattern creates the 'are' meaning. The whole middle part just describes which students we mean!
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