Breakdown of حقق الفريق المركز الحادي عشر في المسابقة.
الal
the
فيfî
in / about, regarding
فريقfarîq
team
مسابقةmusâbaqah
competition
حققhaqqaqa
to achieve
مركزmarkaz
place (rank)
الحادي عشرal-hâdi 'ashara
the eleventh
Questions & Answers about حقق الفريق المركز الحادي عشر في المسابقة.
Why does only the first part of the eleventh (الحادي) have the definite article الـ, while عشر doesn't?
In Arabic compound numbers (11th through 19th), when they describe a definite noun like المركز (the place), the definite article الـ is only attached to the first part of the number. So we say الحادي عشر, not الحادي العشر.
المركز (the place) is the direct object here, so it is in the accusative case. Why doesn't the ending of عشر change to match?
Compound ordinal numbers from 11th to 19th are fixed or indeclinable. The rule is that both parts of the number are fixed with a fatha vowel on the end, no matter what grammatical role they play in the sentence. Even though المركز is accusative, عشر keeps its fixed fatha ending (pronounced ashara).
If both parts are supposed to be fixed with a fatha, why doesn't الحادي have one?
Words ending in the letter yaa (ي) often drop the fatha for ease of pronunciation. So while the grammatical rule states both parts get a fatha, the first part (الحادي) stays silent at the end, and only the second part (عشر) shows the clear fatha.
Why use الحادي to mean first instead of الأول or الواحد?
When the word first is used on its own, it is الأول. However, when it is part of a compound ordinal number like eleventh or twenty-first, it changes form to الحادي for masculine nouns and الحادية for feminine nouns.
Do both parts of الحادي عشر need to match the gender of المركز?
Yes! For compound ordinal numbers (11th-19th), both parts must perfectly match the gender of the noun they describe. Since المركز is masculine, both parts of the number take their masculine forms: الحادي and عشر. If we used a feminine noun like المرتبة (the rank), it would be الحادية عشرة.
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