Breakdown of لم يشتر سيارة لأنه يريد أن يوفر المال.
الal
the
سيارةsayyâra
car
هhu
his / him (object) / it (dummy pronoun after لأن)
مالmâl
money
أرادarâda
to want
أنan
to (with verbs)
اشترىishtarâ
to buy
لأنli'anna
because
لمlam
did not
وفرwaffara
to save
Questions & Answers about لم يشتر سيارة لأنه يريد أن يوفر المال.
Why is the verb written as يشتر instead of يشتري?
The word لم changes the verb after it into the Jussive mood. For verbs that normally end in a weak letter like ي, the Jussive mood drops that final letter. So يشتري loses its final ي and becomes يشتر.
How do I pronounce يشتر if the final letter is gone?
When you drop the final weak letter, you leave behind a short vowel that matches it. Because we dropped a ي, we leave a short i sound (a kasra) under the ر. It is pronounced yashtari, but with a quick, clipped ending rather than a long vowel.
Why is there a ـه attached to لأن?
The word لأن (because) must always be followed by a noun or an attached pronoun. Since the sentence means because he wants, we attach the pronoun suffix ـه (meaning he) to make لأنه.
Why do we use أن between يريد and يوفر?
To link two verbs like wants to save, Arabic literally says wants that he saves. The word أن means that or to. It connects يريد (he wants) and يوفر (he saves), and it also forces يوفر to end with a short a sound (fatha) because it triggers the Subjunctive mood.
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