Breakdown of اشتريت مئة تذكرة يانصيب.
تذكرةtadhkira
ticket
اشترىishtarâ
to buy
مئةmi'a
hundred
يانصيبyânasîb
lottery
Questions & Answers about اشتريت مئة تذكرة يانصيب.
Why is the word for ticket singular (تذكرة) when the sentence says "a hundred tickets"?
In Arabic, the numbers 100 (مئة), 1000 (ألف), and their multiples are always followed by a singular noun, not a plural one. This is different from numbers 3 through 10, which require a plural noun. Because of this rule, we literally say "a hundred ticket" (مئة تذكرة).
I sometimes see "a hundred" spelled as مائة. Is that the same word as مئة?
Yes, they are exactly the same word and are pronounced exactly the same way (mi'a). The extra alif in مائة is an ancient spelling trick from before Arabic letters had dots, used to stop people from confusing it with words like منه (from him). Today, the simpler spelling مئة is standard, but you will still see both.
How do the three words مئة تذكرة يانصيب link together grammatically?
They form a chain of "idhafas" (possessive constructions). It literally translates to "a hundred of a ticket of a lottery". In Arabic, the number 100 acts as the first part of an idhafa, making the word after it genitive. That middle word (تذكرة) then links right into the next word (يانصيب) to specify what kind of ticket it is.
Why does the verb اشترى (he bought) change its spelling to اشتريت (I bought)?
اشترى is a "weak" verb, meaning its root ends in a vowel (the alif maqṣūra, ى). When you conjugate it for "I" in the past tense (اشتريت), that final ى turns back into its original root letter, which is a regular ي (yaa), before adding the "I" ending (ت).
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