Breakdown of انتخب المواطنون برلمانا جديدا.
الal
the
جديدjadeed
new
مواطنmuwâtin
citizen
انتخبintakhaba
to elect
برلمانbarlamân
parliament
Questions & Answers about انتخب المواطنون برلمانا جديدا.
Why does the verb انتخب have an alif at the beginning and a taa in the middle?
This is a Form VIII verb, which follows the pattern افتعل (ifta'ala). To make it, you take the base root ن خ ب (n-kh-b) and add an alif at the beginning and a ت (taa) right after the first root letter. This gives us انتخب (intakhaba), meaning 'he elected'.
Since 'the citizens' is plural, why is the verb انتخب in the singular form?
In Arabic, when a verb comes before an explicit subject, the verb always stays in the singular form. Even though المواطنون (the citizens) is plural, the verb is conjugated as 'he elected'. If the noun came first, you would have to use the plural verb form: المواطنون انتخبوا.
Why does the subject المواطنون end with ون rather than ين?
The word المواطنون (the citizens) is a sound (regular) masculine plural. Because it is the subject doing the action, it must be in the nominative case, which takes the ون (oon) ending. If it were the object receiving the action, it would use the ين (een) ending instead.
Why is there an extra alif at the end of both برلمانا and جديدا?
The word برلمانا (parliament) is the object of the verb, which puts it in the accusative case. When a word is indefinite (meaning it has no ال at the beginning) and in the accusative case, we usually add an alif with a double fatha (tanween) to the end. The adjective جديدا (new) must match the noun it describes, so it also takes this accusative ending.
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