Breakdown of غرق القارب الصغير بسبب الموج العالي.
الal
the
صغيرsagheer
small
عالي3âli
high / loud
بسببbisababi
because of
غرقghariqa
to drown / to sink
قاربqârib
boat
موجmawj
wave
Questions & Answers about غرق القارب الصغير بسبب الموج العالي.
Can غرق be used for people drowning as well as boats sinking?
Yes! In Arabic, غرق is used for both objects going underwater (sinking) and living things going underwater (drowning). You don't need two separate verbs like you do in English.
Why use بسبب here instead of لأن for "because"?
بسبب translates to "because of" and must be followed by a noun or noun phrase—in this case, الموج العالي (the high wave). If you wanted to use لأن (because), you would need to follow it with a complete sentence, such as لأن الموج كان عاليا (because the wave was high).
Does الموج mean "wave" or "waves"?
الموج is a collective noun. It refers to the general concept of waves, the surf, or the sea's swell as a whole mass. If you wanted to talk about one single, countable wave, you would use موجة, and the plural for multiple specific waves is أمواج.
If the sentence said "a high wave" instead of "the high wave", would the adjective العالي change?
Yes, it would change in a tricky way! Words like العالي come from roots ending in a "weak" letter. When the word is definite (having الـ), it keeps the ي at the end. But if you make it indefinite to say "a high wave", that final letter drops off and it becomes موج عالٍ (mawj 'aalin).
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