Breakdown of سأستبدل الشاشة المكسورة لأنها خطيرة.
الal
the
هاhâ
her / her (object) / it (feminine)
سsa
will (future prefix)
لأنli'anna
because
شاشةshâsha
screen
خطيرkhatîr
dangerous / serious, grave
استبدلistabdala
to exchange
مكسورmaksûr
broken
Questions & Answers about سأستبدل الشاشة المكسورة لأنها خطيرة.
How can I recognize the root and form of the verb سأستبدل?
The core root is ب-د-ل (b-d-l), which relates to changing or exchanging. The letters است (ast) right after the future prefix سـ (sa-) tell you this is a Form X verb. Form X verbs often mean to seek something, but here it specifically means to replace or exchange.
Why does المكسورة start with مـ (ma-)?
It is a passive participle, which describes a noun that received an action. For basic verbs like كسر (to break), the passive participle follows the pattern مَفْعُول (maf'uul). Adding the feminine ending gives us مكسورة to match the feminine noun الشاشة.
Why do we use the pronoun suffix ها in لأنها?
The word لأن (because) must be followed by a noun or an attached pronoun. Here, the suffix ها (it/her) refers back to الشاشة (the screen), which is grammatically feminine.
Why doesn't خطيرة have the definite article الـ like the other describing word in this sentence?
Unlike المكسورة which directly modifies the noun to make the phrase 'the broken screen', خطيرة is the predicate telling us news about the pronoun ('it is dangerous'). In Arabic, the predicate of a sentence is almost always indefinite, so it does not take الـ.
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