Breakdown of إن التحيز ضد الفريق لواضح.
الal
the
فريقfarîq
team
واضحwâdih
clear
إنinna
indeed / truly / that (after قال)
ضدdidd
against
لla
truly, surely (emphatic prefix)
تحيزtahayyuz
bias
Questions & Answers about إن التحيز ضد الفريق لواضح.
Why is there a prefix "لـ" attached to the word "واضح"?
This is the emphatic "lam". When a sentence starts with إن (indeed), Arabic often adds this لـ to the predicate to double the emphasis. It doesn't mean "to" or "for" here; it just adds a strong "truly" or "certainly" flavor to the statement.
Does the "لـ" on "لواضح" change its case ending?
No. Unlike the preposition لِـ (meaning "to" or "for") which forces the genitive case, the emphatic لَـ (pronounced with a fatha) does not affect the case. Because واضح is the predicate of إن, it remains in the nominative case and takes a damma.
How do we know that "واضح" is the predicate of "إن" when it is separated from the subject?
The phrase ضد الفريق (against the team) simply modifies the subject التحيز (the bias). The core statement is "the bias... is obvious". Since واضح completes the core meaning, it acts as the predicate, which is why it receives the emphatic لـ and takes the nominative case.
Why does "التحيز" take the accusative case here?
The particle إن always forces its subject into the accusative case (mansub). Even though it translates as a normal subject in English, in Arabic you would pronounce it إن التحيزَ (inna al-tahayyuza) with a fatha on the final letter.
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