Questions & Answers about هذا النجاح كبير جدا.
Which word is the verbal noun (masdar) here, and what verb does it come from?
The verbal noun is النجاح (the success). It comes from the basic Form I verb نجح (to succeed). It follows the fa'āl pattern, which is one of the common shapes for Form I verbal nouns.
Why is there an "al-" (ال) attached to النجاح if the translation is "This success" and not "This the success"?
In Arabic, to say "this [noun]", the noun must have the definite article ال. So, هذا النجاح translates together as "this success". If you dropped the ال and just wrote هذا نجاح, it would change the structure completely into the sentence: "This is a success."
Why doesn't كبير have the definite article ال to match النجاح?
Because كبير (big) is the predicate of the sentence, meaning it provides the core information about the subject. The subject is هذا النجاح (This success), and the new information is that it is big. In Arabic "is/are" sentences, the predicate is usually indefinite (no ال).
Why does the word جدا have an extra alif at the end?
The word جدا (jiddan / very) ends with an "-an" sound (tanween fatḥa). In Arabic spelling, this specific ending usually requires an extra alif as a "seat" for the vowels. Adding this "-an" ending is the standard way Arabic creates adverbs (words that describe how, when, or to what degree something happens).
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