Breakdown of نجري اجتماعا افتراضيا بدلا من الحضور الشخصي.
الal
the
اجتماعijtimâ'
meeting
أجرىajrâ
to conduct
بدلا منbadalan min
instead of
افتراضيiftirâdiyy
virtual
حضورhudûr
presence
شخصيshakhsî
in-person / personal (private, individual)
Questions & Answers about نجري اجتماعا افتراضيا بدلا من الحضور الشخصي.
How does the phrase بدلا من work in this sentence?
The phrase بدلا من translates to "instead of" or "as a substitute for." In Arabic, it is a fixed expression where بدلا takes the accusative case (showing the "adverbial" nature of the substitution) and is followed by the preposition من. The word that comes immediately after من must be a noun or a verbal noun, which in this sentence is الحضور (attendance).
Could I use a regular verb directly after بدلا من, like saying "instead of attending"?
No, you cannot put a regular conjugated verb directly after من because Arabic prepositions must be followed by nouns. To say "instead of attending," you use the verbal noun (masdar) of the verb, which acts like a noun. Here, الحضور is the verbal noun for "attending" or "attendance." If you absolutely need to use a regular verb, you must insert أن before it to create a noun phrase, such as بدلا من أن نحضر (instead of us attending).
Why do the words اجتماعا and افتراضيا both end with an extra alif?
Because اجتماعا (a meeting) is the direct object of the verb نجري (we hold), it takes the accusative case. Since it is indefinite (no ال at the beginning), this case is marked by a "tanwin fatha" sound (-an), which requires adding an extra alif in writing. The word افتراضيا (virtual) is an adjective describing the meeting, so it must copy that exact same case and indefinite ending.
Why is the word for "in-person" (الشخصي) definite with ال, but "virtual" (افتراضيا) is not?
Adjectives in Arabic must match the word they describe in definiteness. افتراضيا describes the indefinite word اجتماعا (a meeting), so it doesn't have ال. On the other hand, الشخصي describes الحضور, which is made definite by ال to mean "attendance" as a specific concept. Therefore, the adjective must also take ال to match it.
What verb is نجري exactly, and can I use other verbs to mean "hold a meeting"?
نجري comes from the verb أجرى, which means to conduct, carry out, or run (like a test or a process). It is highly common to use it for conducting meetings. You could also use نعقد (we hold/convene, from the verb عقد), which is another excellent and standard choice for meetings at this level.
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