Breakdown of هتف الجمهور المتحمس لدرجة أنهم فقدوا أصواتهم.
الal
the
جمهورjumhûr
audience / public (people in general)
همhum
their / them (object)
صوتsawt
voice / sound
فقدfaqada
to lose (misplace, lose possession of)
لدرجة أنli-darajati anna
to the extent that
هتفhataf
to cheer
متحمسmutahammis
excited
Questions & Answers about هتف الجمهور المتحمس لدرجة أنهم فقدوا أصواتهم.
How does the phrase لدرجة أنّ work here, and why is there a pronoun attached to it?
لدرجة أنّ translates to "to the degree that" or "so much that". Because it ends with أنّ (that), it must be followed by a noun sentence. When the subject of that following clause is a pronoun like "they", Arabic grammar requires it to attach directly to أنّ as a suffix. That gives us أنهم (that they).
Why is the adjective المتحمس (excited) singular, while later in the sentence we see plural words like أنهم (that they) and فقدوا (they lost)?
الجمهور (audience) is a collective noun. It is grammatically a singular masculine noun, so its direct adjective المتحمس must also be singular to match. However, because it refers to a group of people, Arabic often switches to the plural for pronouns and verbs later in the sentence to reflect the actual meaning. This is why it changes to "they" (أنهم) and "they lost" (فقدوا).
Why is there an extra, unpronounced alif at the end of فقدوا?
That silent alif is a spelling convention always added after the plural masculine suffix ـوا in verbs. It helps readers visually distinguish a plural verb from a word that just happens to end in the letter waw as part of its original root.
The word for voices is أصوات. Is this a regular feminine plural because it ends in "aat"?
No, أصوات is actually a broken (irregular) plural of the singular word صوت (voice). The letter ت is part of the original three-letter root, not a feminine plural suffix. This is a very common trap to watch out for!
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