Questions & Answers about السمك هنا طازج.
Since fish often refers to a plural amount, why is the adjective طازج in the singular masculine form?
السمك is a collective noun referring to fish as a general category or food, and these collective nouns take masculine singular agreement. To talk about one individual fish, you would use the singulative form سمكة and the feminine adjective طازجة.
How do we know this means 'The fish here is fresh' and not 'The fresh fish is here'?
Because طازج lacks the definite article ال. If it were an adjective describing the fish, it would have to match the noun's definiteness, like السمك الطازج هنا (The fresh fish is here). Without the ال, it serves as the predicate of the nominal sentence, giving us 'is fresh'.
Can I change the word order and put هنا at the end of the sentence?
Yes, you can perfectly say السمك طازج هنا. Placing هنا directly after the subject, as our sentence does, just adds a slight emphasis to the location.
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