Breakdown of طرح سؤال مهم وألغيت الجلسة.
الal
the
وwa
and
سؤالsu'âl
question
مهمmuhimm
important
ألغىalghâ
to cancel
جلسةjalsa
session
طرحtaraha
to present
Questions & Answers about طرح سؤال مهم وألغيت الجلسة.
How can I tell that طرح and ألغيت are in the passive voice since there are no short vowels (tashkeel) written?
Context is your best clue! A question does not present itself, and a session does not cancel itself. If the vowels were written, you would see the classic past-tense passive pattern: a Damma (u) on the first letter and a Kasra (i) on the middle root letter, making them ṭuriḥa and ulghiyat.
What is the proxy subject (نائب الفاعل) for the first verb, and what grammatical case does it take?
The proxy subject is سؤال (question). In a passive sentence, the object of the action steps up to replace the missing subject. Because it acts as the new grammatical subject, it takes the nominative case ending (Dammatayn), making it su'ālun. The adjective مهم (important) agrees with it, becoming muhimmun.
Why does the second verb ألغيت end in a ت?
Passive verbs must agree in gender with their proxy subject, just like regular verbs do with a normal subject. The proxy subject here is الجلسة (the session), which is feminine. Therefore, the passive verb takes the feminine past-tense suffix ت, changing from ulghiya to ulghiyat.
طرح is a Form I verb and ألغيت comes from a Form IV verb. Do they follow the same rule to become passive?
Yes, the core rule for the past tense passive applies across different verb forms: you use a 'u' sound on the first vowel and an 'i' sound on the vowel before the final root letter. Form I طرح (ṭaraḥa) becomes ṭuriḥa, and Form IV ألغى (alghā) becomes ulghiya (and then ulghiyat for feminine).
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