Breakdown of من الضروري أن تأخذ الدواء بعد الغداء.
الal
the
بعدba'da
after
أخذakhadha
to take
دواءdawâ'
medicine
غداءghadâ'
lunch
من الضروري أنmina ddarûriyyi an
it is necessary that
Questions & Answers about من الضروري أن تأخذ الدواء بعد الغداء.
Why is 'It is necessary' translated as من الضروري?
In Arabic, impersonal phrases like 'it is [adjective]' are often expressed using من (from) followed by a definite noun or adjective. So من الضروري literally translates to 'from the necessary.' It functions as a set phrase that is usually followed by أن (that) and a verb.
Does the word أن affect the verb تأخذ?
Yes. The particle أن (that) forces the following present-tense verb into the subjunctive mood. If you were pronouncing the short vowels, the final vowel on تأخذ changes to an 'a' sound (fatha), making it تأخذَ (ta'khudha). This rule applies whenever you use verbs after أن.
Could تأخذ mean 'she takes' instead of 'you take'?
Grammatically, yes. The present tense form تأخذ is used for both 'you take' (masculine singular) and 'she takes'. Without extra context, 'It is necessary that she takes the medicine' is also a perfectly correct translation of this sentence.
How do بعد and الغداء connect grammatically here?
Time and spatial words like بعد (after) and قبل (before) act as the first part of an Idafa (possessive) construction. This means the noun that follows it, الغداء (lunch), acts as the possessor and must take the genitive case. If you read it with full vowels, it ends with an 'i' sound: بعد الغداءِ (ba'da al-ghadaa'i).
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