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أعجب التطبيق التجريبي فاطمة.

أعجب التطبيق التجريبي فاطمة.a'jaba at-tatbîqu at-tajrîbiyyu fâtimata
The trial application pleased Fatima.
From Lesson 415:Subscription Services·Arabic (Modern Standard)

Questions & Answers about أعجب التطبيق التجريبي فاطمة.

Why is التطبيق (the application) the subject here when the English translation might usually be 'Fatima liked the trial application'?
The verb أعجب literally means 'to please' or 'to appeal to'. In Arabic, the thing being liked is the grammatical subject doing the pleasing, and the person who likes it is the object. That is why التطبيق (the application) is the subject.
Why does the verb أعجب take the masculine form if Fatima is female?
The verb must agree with its grammatical subject. Since the subject doing the pleasing is التطبيق (the application), which is a masculine word, the verb is masculine. If the subject were feminine, like النسخة (the version), the verb would be أعجبت.
If we were to read this sentence with full vowel endings (tashkeel), what case ending would فاطمة take?
It would take a single fatha, becoming فاطمةَ. It is the direct object of the verb so it is in the accusative case (mansub). However, female names in Arabic are 'diptotes' (words that cannot take double vowel endings like tanween), so it takes one fatha instead of two.
How is the adjective التجريبي (trial) formed?
It comes from the noun تجربة (experiment or trial), which traces back to the root ج ر ب (to test or try). By removing the feminine marker (taa marbuta) and adding the suffix ـي, it becomes a 'nisba' (relational) adjective describing the application.

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