Breakdown of مع الحرارة، أصبح الزجاج سائلا.
الal
the
معma'a
with
زجاجzujâj
glass
أصبحasbaha
to become
حرارةharâra
heat / temperature
سائلsâ'il
liquid
Questions & Answers about مع الحرارة، أصبح الزجاج سائلا.
Why is there an extra alif at the end of the word سائلا?
The word سائلا (a liquid) is the predicate of the verb أصبح (became). Verbs of becoming work like كان (was) and force their predicate into the accusative case. For indefinite nouns, this means adding an '-an' sound and an extra alif at the end of the word.
Why doesn't the subject الزجاج change its ending too?
الزجاج (the glass) is the subject doing the becoming. With verbs like أصبح, the subject stays in the default nominative case. Additionally, because it has ال (the) at the beginning, it can never take the double-vowel '-an' ending that requires the extra alif.
Does مع mean 'with' as in 'using' the heat?
مع generally means 'with' in the sense of accompaniment or circumstance (along with the heat). If you wanted to say 'by means of' or 'using' the heat, you would use the attached preposition بـ instead.
If the subject was feminine, would the verb change?
Yes! Just like regular verbs, verbs of becoming must match the gender of their subject. Since الزجاج is masculine, we use أصبح. If the subject was a feminine word like الحرارة, we would use the feminine form أصبحت.
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