Breakdown of أريد أن آخذ العربة لأضع الأكياس فيها.
الal
the
فيfî
in / about, regarding
هاhâ
her / her (object) / it (feminine)
لli
for, to (attached)
أرادarâda
to want
أنan
to (with verbs)
أخذakhadha
to take
وضعwadaʿa
to put
عربة'araba
cart / car (of a train), carriage
كيسkîs
bag
Questions & Answers about أريد أن آخذ العربة لأضع الأكياس فيها.
How does لأضع express purpose, and how does it affect the verb?
The prefix لـ (li-) attached to the verb means 'in order to' or 'so that.' As you are learning in this lesson, it forces the present tense verb أضع (I put) into the subjunctive mood. For this verb, that means the hidden final vowel changes to a fatha instead of the usual damma.
Why does the verb آخذ (I take) start with a wavy line instead of a regular hamza?
The root for 'to put' is وضع. Why is there no waw (و) in أضع?
For most basic verbs that start with the letter waw (و), that first letter drops out completely when the verb is conjugated in the present tense. So instead of keeping the waw, 'I put' simply becomes أضع.
Why does the sentence end with فيها (in her) to say 'in it'?
Arabic does not have a neutral 'it' pronoun; all objects are treated as either masculine or feminine. The word for cart, العربة, is feminine because it ends with a taa marbuta (ة). Since you are putting the bags into the cart, you must use the feminine attached pronoun ها to refer back to it.
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