Breakdown of إن توافقوا على هذا السعر تأخذوا مزهرية نادرة.
الal
the
هذاhâdhâ
this (m)
على'ala
on / of (evidence of) / to (lie to someone) / for (difficult for someone)
سعرsi'r
price
أخذakhadha
to take
وافقwâfaqa
to agree
إنin
if (conditional)
مزهريةmizhariyya
vase
نادرnâdir
rare
Questions & Answers about إن توافقوا على هذا السعر تأخذوا مزهرية نادرة.
Why do the verbs توافقوا and تأخذوا end in a silent Alif instead of the usual letter noon (ن)?
This is the core of your current lesson! The word إن (if) creates a conditional sentence and forces both the condition verb (توافقوا) and the result verb (تأخذوا) into the jussive mood (majzoom). For plural 'you' verbs that normally end in ـون (like توافقون), the jussive mood drops the ن and replaces it with a silent Alif.
The English translation says 'If you agree... you will take'. Why aren't we using a future tense marker like سـ or سوف on the second verb?
When using إن for a possible condition, both the 'if' part and the 'then' part (the result) take the present-tense verb form in the jussive mood. The future meaning is already built into this specific conditional structure, so you don't need to add a future marker to تأخذوا.
Why does the verb وافق (to agree) use the preposition على here?
While English speakers say 'agree to' or 'agree with', the Arabic verb وافق (to agree) pairs with the preposition على (literally 'on') when talking about agreeing to a proposal, condition, or price.
As a refresher, why does السعر (price) have the definite article 'al-' when the translation is just 'this price'?
In Arabic, to say 'this [noun]', the noun immediately following the demonstrative هذا must be definite (using Alif-Lam). If you dropped the definite article and wrote هذا سعر, it would turn into a complete equation meaning 'This is a price' rather than the phrase 'this price'.
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