Learn Arabic (Modern Standard): بمجرد أن يدخل الفريق الغرفة، يبدأ العداد التنازلي. - As soon as the team enters the room, the countdown timer begins.

بمجرد أن يدخل الفريق الغرفة، يبدأ العداد التنازلي.bimujarradi an yadkhula al-farîqu al-ghurfata, yabda'u al-'addâdu at-tanâzuliyyu

As soon as the team enters the room, the countdown timer begins.

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Questions & Answers about بمجرد أن يدخل الفريق الغرفة، يبدأ العداد التنازلي.

What vowel goes on the end of the verb يدخل (enters) after بمجرد أن?

It takes a fatha (يدخلَ). The word أن is a particle that forces the following present-tense verb into the subjunctive mood (mansub).

How would we rewrite this sentence using فورَ instead of بمجرد أن?

You would have to change the verb into its verbal noun (masdar) because فورَ must be followed by a noun in an Idafa (possessive construction). The sentence would become: فورَ دخولِ الفريقِ الغرفةَ، يبدأ العداد... (Immediately upon the team's entering the room...).

Why isn't there a preposition like إلى (to) or في (in) after يدخل?

Unlike the English 'enter into' or similar structures in other languages, the Arabic verb دخل takes a direct object. Therefore, الغرفة (the room) is the direct object and takes a fatha (الغرفةَ).

How does the phrase العداد التنازلي literally translate to 'countdown'?

The word العداد means 'the counter' or 'the meter' (from the root for counting). التنازلي is an adjective meaning 'descending' or 'going down' (from the root نزل, to descend). Put together, it literally means 'the descending counter.'