Breakdown of يزين هذا الزي بتطريز جميل.
الal
the
جميلjamîl
beautiful
هذاhâdhâ
this (m)
بbi
by, with (attached)
زينzayyana
to decorate
زيziyy
outfit
تطريزtatrîz
embroidery
Questions & Answers about يزين هذا الزي بتطريز جميل.
How do we know يزين is passive ('is decorated') rather than active ('decorates') without vowel marks?
Context is key. If it were the active Form II verb يُزَيِّنُ (yuzayyinu), it would need a direct object to receive the action (for example, 'This outfit decorates the room'). Because the outfit is having an action done to it, followed by the preposition بـ (with), it must be the passive يُزَيَّنُ (yuzayyanu).
What verb form does the word تطريز (embroidery) come from?
It is the verbal noun (masdar) of the Form II verb طَرَّزَ (to embroider). Form II verbal nouns very commonly follow the pattern تَفْعيل (taf'eel), which is a helpful pattern for B2 learners to memorize to instantly recognize related words.
Why would جميل take the genitive case (ending in -in) if we pronounced the full sentence with case endings?
Because it is an adjective modifying تطريز. The noun تطريز is in the genitive case because it is attached to the preposition بـ (with). In Arabic, adjectives must perfectly match the case of the noun they describe.
How could we expand this sentence using the current lesson's structure to say: 'This outfit is not limited to beautiful embroidery, but extends to fine silk'?
You would say: لا يقتصر هذا الزي على تطريز جميل بل يتجاوزه إلى حرير فاخر. Notice that the verb لا يقتصر comes first, followed by the subject هذا الزي, and the original preposition بـ is replaced by على to fit the new grammatical structure.
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