Breakdown of فاوض السفير الوفد في السفارة.
الal
the
فيfî
in / about, regarding
فاوضfâwada
to negotiate with
سفيرsafîr
ambassador
وفدwafd
delegation
سفارةsifâra
embassy
Questions & Answers about فاوض السفير الوفد في السفارة.
How does the verb فاوض fit into the Form III pattern we are learning?
The root of this verb is ف-و-ض (f-w-d). Form III verbs in the past tense follow the pattern فاعل (fā'ala). By inserting the long 'a' sound after the first root letter, we get فاوض (fāwaḍa), meaning 'he negotiated'.
The translation says 'negotiated with', but I do not see an Arabic word for 'with' (like مع). Why is that?
This is a very common feature of Form III verbs! The Form III pattern often builds the idea of 'doing an action with someone' directly into the verb itself. Because of this, the person or group you are interacting with becomes the direct object of the sentence. فاوض already means 'negotiated with', so الوفد (the delegation) just follows right after it as the direct object.
The words for 'ambassador' and 'embassy' look very similar. Do they come from the same root?
Yes! They both come from the root س-ف-ر (s-f-r), which has to do with traveling, journeying, or mediating. السفير (as-safīr) means the ambassador, while the pattern with the feminine ending gives us السفارة (as-safāra) for the embassy.
If I want to pronounce the full case endings at the ends of the words, what would they be here?
It would be pronounced: فاوض السفيرُ الوفدَ في السفارةِ. The subject السفيرُ gets a 'u' sound (damma), the direct object الوفدَ gets an 'a' sound (fatha), and السفارةِ gets an 'i' sound (kasra) because it comes right after the preposition في.
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