Breakdown of هل أنهت المهندسة التصميم الهندسي؟
الal
the
هلhal
is / are (question marker)
مهندسmuhandis
engineer
تصميمtasmîm
design
أنهىanhâ
to end
هندسيhandasiyy
architectural
Questions & Answers about هل أنهت المهندسة التصميم الهندسي؟
How do we get the adjective الهندسي (engineering) from the base noun for engineering?
The verb for 'he finished' is أنهى, which ends in a weak vowel. Why does أنهت (she finished) lose that weak vowel?
أنهى is a defective verb, meaning it ends in a weak letter. When conjugating these verbs in the past tense for the 'she' form, the final weak vowel (Alif Maqsura, ى) is dropped entirely before adding the feminine ending ـت. This prevents two awkward sounds from clashing, resulting in أنهت (anhat).
Since the subject المهندسة (the engineer) is feminine, shouldn't the adjective الهندسي also be feminine?
No, because adjectives in Arabic must agree with the specific noun they describe, not the subject of the sentence. Here, الهندسي describes the direct object التصميم (the design), which is masculine. Therefore, the adjective remains in its masculine form.
What type of word is التصميم (the design) and what pattern does it follow?
التصميم is a verbal noun (MaSdar) derived from the Form II verb صمّم (to design). It is very common for Form II verbal nouns to follow this specific تَـ ـِيـم (ta--iim) pattern, which is a helpful trick for identifying them when you read.
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