Word
لم أهن زميلة قط.
Meaning
I have never insulted a female colleague.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of لم أهن زميلة قط.
زميلzamîl
colleague
لمlam
did not
أهانahâna
to insult
قطqattu
ever (after a negated past verb)
Questions & Answers about لم أهن زميلة قط.
Why do we use قط (qaTTu) here instead of أبداً (abadan) to mean "never"?
قط means "never" specifically for past events. Since the negative particle لم places the meaning of the verb in the past, you must use قط. أبداً is used to mean "never" in the future (for example, with لن).
The verb for "I insult" is usually أُهين (uheen). Why did the ي (yaa) disappear in أهن?
The particle لم forces the following present tense verb into the jussive case (majzoom). This puts a sukoon (no-vowel mark) on the final letter ن, which creates a forbidden sequence of two unvoweled sounds: the long vowel ي and the silent ن. To resolve this, the weak middle letter ي is dropped, resulting in أُهِنْ (uhin).
Should I pronounce the final vowel on قط if it is the last word in the sentence?
What case ending does زميلة (female colleague) take in this sentence?
It takes the accusative case (mansuub) because it is the direct object of the verb. If read with full endings, it is pronounced زميلةً (zamiilatan) with a tanween fatha.