Breakdown of أشاد المدير بما كتبته في التغطية.
الal
the
فيfî
in / about, regarding
مديرmudîr
manager
هhu
his / him (object) / it (dummy pronoun after لأن)
كتبkataba
to write
تغطيةtaghtiya
coverage
أشاد بashâda bi
to praise (to speak highly of, commend)
بماbimâ
with what / by what
Questions & Answers about أشاد المدير بما كتبته في التغطية.
Why does the preposition بـ attach to ما to form بما here?
The verb أشاد (to praise or commend) naturally requires the preposition بـ to indicate what is being praised. Since the manager praised 'what' (the relative pronoun ما) she wrote, the preposition fuses directly with it to create بما.
Why is there an extra ـه (it) at the end of كتبته if the English translation is just 'what she wrote'?
Arabic relative clauses require a resumptive pronoun that links back to the relative pronoun. Here, the object suffix ـه (it) refers back to ما (what). A literal translation would be 'what she wrote it'.
How exactly is the word كتبته broken down to mean 'she wrote it'?
It is built from the base past-tense verb كتب (he wrote), plus the feminine subject suffix ـت making it كتبت (she wrote), and finally the attached object pronoun ـه (it).
Could we use بمَن instead of بما in this sentence?
Only if the manager were praising a person. The compound بمَن means 'who' or 'whoever' (literally 'with who'). Because the manager is praising her writing, which is an inanimate thing or concept, we must use بما.
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