Breakdown of وضع كل ضابط قيودا صارمة على هذه الغرفة.
هذهhâdhihi
this (f)
على'ala
on / of (evidence of) / to (lie to someone) / for (difficult for someone)
غرفةghurfa
room
وضعwadaʿa
to put
كلkull
all / every
ضابطdâbit
officer
قيدqayd
restriction
صارمsârim
strict
Questions & Answers about وضع كل ضابط قيودا صارمة على هذه الغرفة.
How would we use the new lesson word سوى to say 'Every officer except the commander...'?
You would insert سوى followed by the word for commander (القائد) right after the noun. The phrase becomes كل ضابط سوى القائد. Remember that سوى acts like the first part of an Idafa (possessive phrase), which is why the noun following it must take the genitive case.
Why is ضابط singular and indefinite here?
When the word كل is followed by a singular indefinite noun, it means 'every' or 'each' (every officer). If you wanted to say 'all the officers', you would use كل followed by a plural definite noun: كل الضباط.
The word قيودا is plural, so why is its adjective صارمة in the feminine singular form?
In Arabic, non-human plurals like قيود (restrictions) are always treated grammatically as feminine singular. Because of this core rule, any adjective modifying them must take the feminine singular form.
Both قيودا and صارمة make up the direct object, so why does only قيودا get an extra alif at the end?
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