Breakdown of المراهق يعاند أحيانا بدون سبب واضح.
أحياناaḥyânan
sometimes
سببsabab
reason
واضحwâdih
clear
بدونbidûni
without
مراهقmurâhiq
teenager
عاندânada
to be stubborn
Questions & Answers about المراهق يعاند أحيانا بدون سبب واضح.
يعاند is translated as "acts stubbornly." What verb form is this, and how does that affect its meaning?
It is a Form III verb (عاند / يعاند). Form III verbs often carry the idea of interacting with, attempting to outdo, or resisting someone else. So rather than describing just an internal feeling of stubbornness, it implies actively pushing back against or clashing with others.
Is the word for teenager (المراهق) related to a verb?
Yes! It is the active participle (a noun describing the "doer" of an action) of the Form III verb راهق, which means "to approach puberty" or "to draw near." Literally, المراهق is "the one who is approaching (adulthood)."
Why does أحيانا end with an alif and two fathas (-an)?
What case endings do the words سبب واضح take here, and why?
They take the genitive case (majrur), sounding like "sababin wadihin". The word بدون (without) acts like a preposition, forcing the noun immediately after it (سبب) into the genitive. Since واضح (clear) is an adjective describing that noun, it must copy its case.
How would we change this to a negative question like "Doesn't the teenager act stubbornly?" and then answer "Yes, he does"?
You would start the sentence with أليس (Is it not that...) to make it أليس المراهق يعاند؟. To answer "Yes, he does" to a negative question, you cannot use نعم (which would mean "Yes, you are right, he doesn't"). Instead, you must use the special affirmative particle بلى.
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