Breakdown of بعض الشاشات المكسورة تستمر لمدة شهر.
الal
the
شهرshahr
month
شاشةshâsha
screen
بعضba'd
some
استمرistamarra
to continue
لمدةlimuddati
for (a period of)
مكسورmaksûr
broken
Questions & Answers about بعض الشاشات المكسورة تستمر لمدة شهر.
Why are the adjective المكسورة and the verb تستمر in the feminine singular form when the subject is plural?
In Arabic, non-human plurals like الشاشات (the screens) are treated grammatically as feminine singular. Because of this rule, the adjective modifying the screens and the verb describing their action must both take the feminine singular form.
Why does the Arabic say بعض الشاشات with a definite article, when the English translation is just "some broken screens"?
The word بعض (some) is used in an Idafa (possessive) construction. To say "some screens" in general, Arabic phrasing literally translates to "some of the screens", requiring the definite article on the second word.
Why use لمدة before شهر instead of just attaching the prefix لـ to the word month?
While English simply says "for a month", Arabic commonly uses the noun مدة (a period of time) after the preposition لـ (for). So لمدة شهر literally translates to "for a period of a month" and is the most natural way to express duration.
What kind of verb is تستمر (last)?
It is a Form X verb, which you can often spot by the ست letters after the present tense prefix. It comes from a root meaning "to pass" and is frequently used to mean "to continue" or "to last" in relation to time.
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