Breakdown of يا أحمد، هل عانيت من الإرهاق أمس؟
الal
the
هلhal
is / are (question marker)
أمسams
yesterday
ياyâ
O
Questions & Answers about يا أحمد، هل عانيت من الإرهاق أمس؟
Why is the verb عانيت spelled with a ي (yaa) when the base form is عانى (with an alif maqsurah)?
عانى is a defective verb, meaning its root ends in a weak letter. When you attach a past tense subject suffix that starts with a consonant, like the تَ for 'you', the ending ى (alif maqsurah) changes back to its original root letter, which is ي (yaa). Therefore, عانى becomes عانيتَ.
Does the verb عانى always need to be followed by من?
Yes, when you want to say someone suffers 'from' a condition or situation, you use عانى من. Just like in English, this is a fixed verb-preposition pairing. If you leave out من, the sentence is grammatically incomplete.
What form is the word الإرهاق (exhaustion), and how is it built?
الإرهاق is the verbal noun (masdar) of the Form IV verb أرهق (to exhaust or overburden). Form IV verbal nouns follow the predictable pattern إفعال (if'aal). Plugging the root letters ر-ه-ق into this pattern gives us إرهاق.
I sometimes see بالأمس instead of just أمس. Is there a difference?