Word
إننا نقدر ولاءك لهذه العلامة التجارية.
Meaning
We indeed appreciate your loyalty to this commercial brand.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of إننا نقدر ولاءك لهذه العلامة التجارية.
هذهhâdhihi
this (f)
كka
your / you (object)
ناnâ
our / us (object) / we (subject suffix on past verb)
لli
Questions & Answers about إننا نقدر ولاءك لهذه العلامة التجارية.
Why is the hamza in ولاءك written on the line instead of on a waw or yaa?
Because ولاء (loyalty) is the direct object of نقدر (we appreciate), meaning it is in the accusative case (mansub) and takes a fatha. When a word ends in a hamza preceded by an alif and takes a fatha, the hamza is written on the line. If it were nominative, it would be ولاؤك, and if genitive, ولائك.
This lesson covers using إيا for focalization. How could we rewrite the sentence to emphasize the person, meaning 'It is YOU we appreciate for your loyalty'?
You would bring the object to the front using the independent accusative pronoun: إياك نقدر لولائك (It is you we appreciate for your loyalty). We use إياك because it replaces a direct object pronoun and allows us to place the emphasis on the person rather than the verb.
Could we start the sentence with نحن نقدر instead of إننا نقدر?
Yes, but using إن plus the attached pronoun نا (indeed we) is a stylistic choice very common in formal business Arabic. It makes the statement sound more professional, polite, and assured than a plain نحن (we).
Why does العلامة (brand/mark) take the genitive case (kasra) here?