Breakdown of نحن نحب هذا الحي بسبب الجيرة الجيدة.
الal
the
هذاhâdhâ
this (m)
نحنnahnu
we
حيhayy
neighborhood
أحبuhibbu
to love
جيدjayyid
good / well
بسببbisababi
because of
جيرةjîra
neighborliness
Questions & Answers about نحن نحب هذا الحي بسبب الجيرة الجيدة.
Why does هذا (this) come directly before the definite word الحي (the neighborhood)?
In Arabic, to say 'this [noun]', the noun must be definite (starting with ال). So, هذا الحي means 'this neighborhood'. If you dropped the ال and said هذا حي, it would become a complete sentence meaning 'This is a neighborhood'.
Is بسبب الجيرة an Idafa (genitive construct)?
Yes! The word بسبب is actually made of the preposition بـ (by/with) and the noun سبب (reason). Because سبب is acting as the first part of an Idafa, it doesn't take ال, and the following noun الجيرة (the neighborliness) takes the genitive case.
What is the difference between الحي and الجيرة since both relate to the concept of a neighborhood?
الحي refers to the physical district or geographic area you live in. الجيرة, on the other hand, comes from the word جار (neighbor) and refers to the abstract concept of 'neighborliness' or the collective community of people living around you.
Does the adjective الجيدة describe the reason (سبب) or the neighborliness (الجيرة)?
It describes الجيرة. We know this because الجيدة is feminine, matching the feminine noun الجيرة, whereas سبب is masculine. Adjectives must also match their noun in definiteness; since الجيرة has ال, الجيدة must have it too.
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