Breakdown of الأعمدة قوية في هذا المبنى.
الal
the
فيfî
in / about, regarding
هذاhâdhâ
this (m)
قويqawiyy
strong
Questions & Answers about الأعمدة قوية في هذا المبنى.
Why is the singular feminine adjective قوية used to describe the plural noun الأعمدة?
In Arabic, non-human plurals like الأعمدة (the columns) are treated grammatically as singular feminine. Because of this rule, the adjective describing them must also be singular feminine, which is why we use قوية instead of a plural form.
Why does المبنى have the definite article الـ attached to it after هذا?
When you want to say 'this building' in Arabic, the noun following the demonstrative pronoun must be definite. If you drop the الـ and just write هذا مبنى, it changes from a phrase into a complete sentence meaning 'This is a building.'
Since المبنى comes after the preposition في, shouldn't it have a kasra at the end to show the genitive case?
Grammatically it is in the genitive case, but المبنى ends with an alif maqsurah (the letter ى). Words ending in this sound do not show case endings visually or audibly, so the kasra is assumed or 'hidden' rather than actually written or pronounced.
What is the singular form of الأعمدة?
The singular form is عمود. It forms a broken plural, which is very common in Arabic, where the internal vowel structure of the word changes completely to make the plural أعمدة rather than adding a regular plural suffix.