Breakdown of يبدو المتحف الكبير بعد ذلك التقاطع.
الal
the
كبيرkabîr
big
ذلكzâlika
that (masculine)
متحفmat'haf
museum
بعدba'da
after
تقاطعtaqâtu
intersection
بداbadâ
to appear
Questions & Answers about يبدو المتحف الكبير بعد ذلك التقاطع.
Why does the verb يبدو end with a waw (و) instead of a regular short vowel?
The verb يبدو (appears) is a defective verb, meaning its three-letter root ends in a weak letter, which in this case is a waw (و). Instead of taking a regular short vowel ending (damma) in the present tense like a regular verb, the waw remains and forms a long "oo" sound.
How would we say "appears" if the subject were a feminine noun?
You would change the verb to تبدو (tabdoo). Defective verbs ending in a waw still follow the standard prefix rules for the present tense. To make it feminine ("she/it appears"), you just replace the masculine prefix yaa (ي) with the feminine prefix taa (ت).
Why is there an ال (al-) attached to both "museum" (المتحف) and "big" (الكبير)?
In Arabic, adjectives must match the noun they describe in definiteness. Because "the museum" (المتحف) is definite and has ال (the), its adjective "big" (الكبير) must also take ال. This is how you form the phrase "the big museum".
Why does "intersection" (التقاطع) have ال (al-) after the word "that" (ذلك)?
When pointing out a specific object using a demonstrative pronoun like ذلك (that) or هذا (this), the noun that follows must have ال (the). This links them together to mean "that intersection". If you left off the ال, it would create a full sentence meaning "that is an intersection".
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