Breakdown of التزامن والتجاوب مهمان لنجاح الفريق.
الal
the
وwa
and
فريقfarîq
team
لli
for, to (attached)
مهمmuhimm
important
نجاحnajâh
success
تزامنtazâmun
synchronization
تجاوبtajâwub
responsiveness
Questions & Answers about التزامن والتجاوب مهمان لنجاح الفريق.
Both التزامن and التجاوب are Form VI verbal nouns. What pattern do they follow?
The standard pattern for Form VI verbal nouns is تَفاعُل (tafaa'ul). Notice they both start with تَـ (ta-), have an Alif after the first root letter, and take a Damma (u-sound) on the third root letter. The roots here are ز-م-ن (time) and ج-و-ب (answer).
Form VI often implies mutual action. How does that apply to the meanings of التزامن and التجاوب here?
Form VI focuses on reciprocity or things happening together. التزامن (synchronization) comes from the root for time (ز-م-ن), giving the meaning of timing things together. التجاوب comes from the root for answering (ج-و-ب), giving the sense of answering each other or mutual responsiveness.
Why is the adjective مهمان (important) in the dual form?
In Arabic, when a subject consists of two singular nouns joined by و (and), any adjective acting as the predicate for both must be in the dual form. Since التزامن and التجاوب make a compound subject of two masculine items, مهمان takes the masculine dual nominative suffix ـان (-aan).
Why doesn't the word نجاح (success) take the definite article الـ here, even though it translates to 'the success'?
The phrase نجاح الفريق is an Idafa (a possessive construction meaning 'the success of the team'). In an Idafa, the first word (نجاح) never takes الـ; it becomes definite automatically because the second word (الفريق) is definite. The preposition لـ (for) simply attaches to the front of it.
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