Breakdown of هوايتي التصوير، وأريد أن أشتري كاميرا جديدة.
وwa
and
جديدjadeed
new
يi
my / me (after a preposition)
أرادarâda
to want
أنan
to (with verbs)
اشترىishtarâ
to buy
كاميراkâmirâ
camera
هوايةhiwâya
hobby
تصويرtaswîr
photography
Questions & Answers about هوايتي التصوير، وأريد أن أشتري كاميرا جديدة.
Why does the verb أشتري change its pronunciation after أن?
The word أن (that/to) puts the following verb into the subjunctive mood. For most singular verbs, this means the ending vowel changes to a fatha ("a" sound). Since أشتري (I buy) ends in the weak letter ي (yaa), the fatha is actually pronounced on top of it, changing the pronunciation from ashtaree to ashtariya.
Why is the Arabic literally "I want that I buy" instead of "I want to buy"?
Arabic doesn't have a direct equivalent to the English infinitive (like "to buy"). Instead, when you want to connect two verbs, you use أن (that) and conjugate the second verb to match the person doing the action. So, "I want to buy" becomes أريد أن أشتري (literally: "I want that I buy").
Where is the word for "is" in هوايتي التصوير (My hobby is photography)?
Arabic doesn't use a present tense "to be" verb for simple descriptions. To say "My hobby is photography", you simply place the subject هوايتي (my hobby) directly next to the predicate التصوير (photography).
The word كاميرا doesn't end in the usual feminine marker (ة). Why does its adjective جديدة (new) have one?
كاميرا (camera) is a borrowed word from other languages. Although it lacks the standard ة (taa marbuta), words ending in a long alif sound are often treated as feminine in Arabic. Because كاميرا is feminine, any adjective describing it, like جديدة, must also take the feminine ending.
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