Breakdown of يقترع المواطنون في الانتخابات اليوم.
الal
the
فيfî
in / about, regarding
اليومal-yawma
today
اقترعiqtaraa
to vote
مواطنmuwâtin
citizen
انتخاباتintikhâbât
elections
Questions & Answers about يقترع المواطنون في الانتخابات اليوم.
How does the verb يقترع follow the Form VIII pattern?
The three-letter root here is ق ر ع (q-r-'). Form VIII verbs are built by adding a ت (taa') right after the first root letter. Following the present tense Form VIII pattern (يَفْتَعِل / yafta'ilu), we get يَقْتَرِع (yaqtari'u), meaning "he votes" or "is voting".
Why is the verb singular (يقترع) if the "citizens" (المواطنون) are plural?
In Arabic, when the verb comes before an explicit subject (forming a verbal sentence), the verb always stays in its singular form. Since the citizens are masculine, we use the singular masculine "he" form (يقترع). If the noun came first, the verb would have to match the plural: المواطنون يقترعون.
Why does المواطنون end in ـون (-oon) here?
Because it is the subject (the "doer") of the sentence. Regular masculine plural nouns end in ـون (-oon) when they are the subject. If this word came after a preposition or was the direct object of the sentence, it would change to its other form, المواطنين (-een).
Is الانتخابات (the elections) also a Form VIII word?
Yes! It is the plural of انتخاب (election). This is the verbal noun (the noun version of the action) for the Form VIII verb انتخب (to elect). Just like the verb, you can spot the extra ت inserted after the first root letter (ن).
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