Breakdown of أعد الفريق هذه الفعالية كي يجمع المال للمحتاجين.
الal
the
هذهhâdhihi
this (f)
فريقfarîq
team
لli
for, to (attached)
مالmâl
money
جمعjama'a
to collect
كيkay
so that
محتاجmuhtâj
needy person
أعدa'adda
to prepare (something)
فعاليةfa'âliyyah
event
Questions & Answers about أعد الفريق هذه الفعالية كي يجمع المال للمحتاجين.
Why does the verb يجمع end with a fatha (a) sound instead of the usual damma (u)?
Because it follows كي (in order to). Particles of purpose like كي, لكي, and أن force the following present tense verb into the subjunctive mood. For a regular singular verb like يجمع, this means the final vowel changes from a damma (u) to a fatha (a), making it يجمعَ (yajma'a).
Could I use لكي or just the prefix لِـ instead of كي in this sentence?
Yes, absolutely! كي, لكي, and the prefix لِـ (known as the 'lam of reasoning') all mean 'in order to' and are used to express purpose. They all do the exact same grammatical job here: they take the present tense verb and put it into the subjunctive mood.
Why is the word for 'the needy' written as للمحتاجين (ending in -iin) instead of للمحتاجون (ending in -uun)?
Because of the preposition لِـ (for) attached to the beginning of the word. Prepositions put nouns into the genitive case (majrour). For regular masculine plural words like محتاجون, the genitive case changes the ـون (-uun) ending to ـين (-iin).
Wait, where did the alif (ا) of the definite article go in للمحتاجين?
It was dropped because of a special spelling rule. When the preposition لِـ (for/to) attaches to a word starting with the definite article الـ (al-), the alif (ا) is deleted in writing. So, لِـ + المحتاجين becomes للمحتاجين (li-l-muhtaajiin).
'The team' is a group of people, so why are the verbs أعد and يجمع in the singular 'he' form?
In Arabic, words like فريق (team), عائلة (family), or لجنة (committee) are collective nouns. Even though they refer to a group of people, the word itself is grammatically singular (and in this case, masculine). Therefore, the verbs that refer back to it must also be in the singular masculine form.
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