Breakdown of الأطفال يتشاجرون دائما بسبب لعبة.
بbi
by, with (attached)
دائماdâ'iman
always
سببsabab
reason
طفلtifl
child
لعبةlu'ba
toy / ride (at an amusement park)
تشاجرtashâjara
to quarrel
بسببbisababi
because of
Questions & Answers about الأطفال يتشاجرون دائما بسبب لعبة.
How do we form the present tense "they" for a Form VI verb like يتشاجرون?
This verb comes from the Form VI pattern تفاعل (tafaa'ala), which often describes a mutual action (people doing something to each other). To make it present tense for "they" (masculine/mixed plural), we add the prefix يـ (ya-) and the plural suffix ـون (-uun). Notice that the ت from the Form VI pattern stays right after the prefix, giving us يتشاجرون (they quarrel with each other).
Why does the verb use the plural form يتشاجرون instead of the singular يتشاجر?
Because this sentence starts with the plural noun الأطفال (the children), making it a nominal sentence. When a human subject comes before the verb, the verb must match it completely in both gender and number. If the sentence had started with the verb instead (a verbal sentence), the verb would stay singular: يتشاجر الأطفال.
Why does the word دائما end with an alif and two little dashes?
Those two dashes are tanween fatha, which makes an "-an" sound. Adding this ending is the standard way to turn a noun or adjective into an adverb in Arabic. Here, it changes the base meaning of "permanent" or "constant" into the adverb "always".
I know the prefix بـ usually means "with" or "by". How does بسبب mean "because of"?
بسبب is actually made of two parts joined together: the preposition بـ (by/with) and the noun سبب (reason or cause). Literally, it translates to "by reason of," which is the standard way to say "because of" in Arabic.
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