Breakdown of عند الوكيل إحدى وعشرون فيلا فخمة.
الal
the
وwa
and
عند'inda
at / to have
عشرون'ishrûna
twenty
وكيلwakîl
agent
إحدىihdâ
one, one of
فيلاfîlâ
villa
فخمfakhm
luxurious
Questions & Answers about عند الوكيل إحدى وعشرون فيلا فخمة.
Why do we use إحدى instead of واحد here?
The number 1 in compound numbers like 21, 31, or 41 must agree in gender with the counted noun. Since فيلا (villa) is feminine, we use the feminine form إحدى instead of the masculine واحد.
Why is the word for twenty عشرون and not عشرين in this sentence?
The phrase إحدى وعشرون is the delayed subject of the sentence (literally: At the agent are twenty-one villas). Subjects take the nominative case. For multiples of ten, the nominative ending is ـون (-un). If it were the object of a verb or following a preposition, it would change to عشرين (-in).
Why is فيلا singular when the translation says villas?
In Arabic, numbers from 11 to 99 are always followed by a singular, indefinite noun. This noun clarifies what is being counted and is always in the accusative case, meaning you are literally saying twenty-one villa.
Does the adjective فخمة (luxurious) agree with the number or with the noun?
It describes the noun فيلا, not the number. Because فيلا is singular, feminine, and in the accusative case (due to being counted by a number from 11-99), the adjective فخمة exactly matches it by also being singular, feminine, and accusative.
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