Breakdown of تخزين الطعام يقلل من الإهدار.
الal
the
طعامta'âm
food
قلل منqallil min
to cut down on
تخزينtakhzîn
storage
إهدارihdâr
waste (squandering, act of wasting)
Questions & Answers about تخزين الطعام يقلل من الإهدار.
Why is من used after يقلل when the English translation just says 'reduces waste'?
The verb قلّل (to reduce or lessen) is frequently used with the preposition من in Arabic. While you can sometimes use it directly with an object, يقلل من is the most natural and common way to express reducing an abstract concept or quantity, like waste.
Both تخزين (storage) and الإهدار (waste) are verbal nouns (masdars). What verb forms do they come from?
تخزين is the Form II masdar from the verb خزّن (to store). You can easily recognize the Form II masdar pattern by the ta- prefix and -ī- sound. الإهدار is the Form IV masdar from the verb أهدر (to waste), following the standard Form IV pattern ifʿāl.
Why doesn't the word for storage (تخزين) have the definite article ال?
تخزين الطعام is an idafa (genitive construct) literally meaning 'the storing of the food.' In an idafa, the first word never takes ال, but it is still grammatically definite because it is attached to the second word, الطعام, which does have ال.
Why is the verb يقلل in the masculine form here?
The subject of the verb is the first word of the idafa, which is تخزين. Since تخزين is a masculine noun (like most masdars that don't end in a taa marbuta), the verb takes the 3rd-person masculine prefix يـ.
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