Breakdown of لا تقفي بسرعة يذهب الدوار.
الal
the
ذهبdhahaba
to go
بbi
by, with (attached)
وقفwaqafa
to stand; to stop (come to a halt)
لاlâ
not (with present verb)
سرعةsur'a
speed
دوارdawâr
dizziness
Questions & Answers about لا تقفي بسرعة يذهب الدوار.
Why is يذهب in the jussive mood here?
It is the result of the preceding request. In Arabic, when a present tense verb directly describes the outcome of a command, it acts like a conditional "if/then" statement and takes the jussive mood. This is known as the jussive in response to a request.
Is there a special rule because the request لا تقفي is negative?
Yes! When the request is a negative command, the result verb only takes the jussive mood if the outcome is considered a good or desirable thing. Since dizziness going away is desirable, يذهب is jussive. If the result were undesirable, like "you will fall", the verb would remain in the normal indicative mood.
If يذهب is in the jussive mood, shouldn't it end with a sukun (a vowelless stop)?
Why is the command لا تقفي missing its root letter و?
The root of the verb is و ق ف. For Form I verbs that begin with و, this first letter usually drops out in the present tense and jussive moods. Furthermore, because the speaker is addressing a female, the jussive mood drops the final ن from the indicative form تقفين, leaving us with تقفي.
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