Word
ستصل الغواصة إلى القاع، حتى لو كان الضغط ضخما.
Meaning
The submarine will reach the bottom, even if the pressure is enormous.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of ستصل الغواصة إلى القاع، حتى لو كان الضغط ضخما.
الal
the
إلىilâ
to
سsa
will (future prefix)
كانkâna
to be
Questions & Answers about ستصل الغواصة إلى القاع، حتى لو كان الضغط ضخما.
Why does the Arabic use the past tense verb كان when the English translation says even if the pressure IS enormous?
In Arabic, the conditional particles لو (if) and حتى لو (even if) are almost always followed by a past tense verb, even when the overall meaning refers to the present or future. This is because لو sets up a hypothetical situation rather than an actual event happening right now.
Why is the word for enormous written as ضخما with an accusative 'a' ending?
It acts as the predicate (khabar) of كان. The rule for كان is that its subject (الضغط) remains in the nominative case, but its predicate takes the accusative case (mansub). This requires the tanween fath ending on ضخما.
What is the root of الغواصة (the submarine) and how does its grammatical pattern explain its meaning?
It comes from the root غ و ص (to dive). It is built on the pattern فَعّالة (fa'aalah), which Arabic frequently uses to coin words for machines, tools, or vehicles that perform a specific action (similar to ثلاجة for fridge or غسالة for washing machine).
The verb for 'will reach' is ستصل, but the dictionary root is وصل (wa-sa-la). Where did the first letter go?
The verb وصل is an assimilated weak verb because it starts with the weak letter و (waw). When forming the present tense for these specific verbs, that initial و drops out entirely, simplifying what would be 'tawsilu' to تصل.