Breakdown of هي تشك في كل شيء لأنها حزينة.
فيfî
in / about, regarding
هيhiya
she / her (attached)
حزينhazîn
sad
هاhâ
her / her (object) / it (feminine)
شيءshay'
thing
لأنli'anna
because
كلkull
all / every
شكshakka
to doubt
Questions & Answers about هي تشك في كل شيء لأنها حزينة.
Why does تشك keep the doubled sound (the shadda) here, when we are learning about un-doubling them?
Un-doubling a doubled verb root (separating the identical letters) mostly happens in the past tense for "I", "we", and "you" (like شككتُ for "I doubted"). For "she" in the present tense, the root stays squeezed together with a shadda: تشكّ.
Why do we need the preposition في after the verb? English just says "doubts everything".
Verbs in Arabic often pair with specific prepositions that don't translate word-for-word into English. The verb شكّ (to doubt) usually takes the preposition في (in) to introduce what is being doubted. You can think of it literally as "she has doubt in".
How does كل شيء work grammatically to mean "everything"?
The word كل means "every" or "all". When you put it right before an indefinite, singular noun like شيء (thing), it means "every thing" or "everything". This forms a very common type of Idafa (possessive phrase).
Why is it لأنها instead of لأن هي for "because she"?
The word for "because" is لأنّ. In Arabic, words in this specific grammar family (like أنّ and إنّ) must take an attached pronoun suffix rather than a standalone pronoun. So we attach ـها (her/she) directly to the word to get لأنها.
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