Word
الشقيقتان اللتان تتشاركان الملامح جميلتان.
Meaning
The two sisters who share the same features are beautiful.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of الشقيقتان اللتان تتشاركان الملامح جميلتان.
الal
the
جميلjamîl
beautiful
تشاركtashâraka
to share with each other
شقيقةshaqîqah
sister (full)
Questions & Answers about الشقيقتان اللتان تتشاركان الملامح جميلتان.
Why do we use اللتان here instead of the singular التي?
Because Arabic has specific relative pronouns for pairs. اللتان is the dual feminine form of 'who' or 'which'. It must perfectly match the noun it describes, الشقيقتان (the two sisters), in both gender (feminine) and number (dual).
Why does اللتان end with ـان instead of ـين?
Unlike singular relative pronouns, the dual forms change based on case. اللتان is describing the subject of the sentence (الشقيقتان), which is in the nominative case. Therefore, the relative pronoun also takes the nominative dual ending ـان instead of the accusative or genitive ending ـين (which would be اللتين).
How does the verb تتشاركان show exactly who is doing the action?
The prefix تـ tells us the subject is third-person feminine (referring to the sisters). The suffix ـان tells us there are exactly two people doing the action. Together, they conjugate the verb to mean 'they (two females) share'.
What is the core structure of this sentence, and where is the main predicate?
The core sentence is simply الشقيقتان جميلتان (The two sisters are beautiful). The middle part, اللتان تتشاركان الملامح, is a relative clause acting as an adjective to describe the sisters. The actual predicate that completes the meaning of the subject is the final word, جميلتان.