Breakdown of بحلول العام القادم، سيكون العلماء قد اكتشفوا علاجا للسرطان.
الal
the
لli
for, to (attached)
عامâmun
year
سsa
will (future prefix)
Questions & Answers about بحلول العام القادم، سيكون العلماء قد اكتشفوا علاجا للسرطان.
Why is the subject العلماء placed between سيكون and قد?
In Arabic, the Future Perfect is formed using سيكون (will be) + قد (already) + the past tense verb. When you have an explicit subject like العلماء (the scientists), it typically goes right after the first verb (سيكون). This maintains the standard Verb-Subject order for the first part of the sentence.
Why is the first verb سيكون singular, while the second verb اكتشفوا is plural?
This follows standard Arabic verb agreement rules. Because سيكون comes before the explicit plural subject (العلماء), it stays in the default singular form. However, the second verb (اكتشفوا) comes after the subject, so it must fully conjugate to match the plural 'they'.
What does the word بحلول literally mean at the start of the sentence?
The word بحلول literally translates to 'by the arrival of' or 'by the onset of'. It is formed from the preposition بـ (by/at) and the noun حلول (arrival). It is the most natural way to translate 'by [a certain time]' in Arabic, making it a very common trigger phrase for the Future Perfect tense.
Why does علاجا (a treatment) have an extra alif at the end?
The extra alif carries the 'tanween fatha' (-an sound), which marks the accusative case. Because علاجا is the direct object of the verb اكتشفوا (they discovered), it must be in the accusative case. In written Arabic, indefinite accusative nouns take an extra alif unless they end in a taa marbuta or a hamza after an alif.