Breakdown of حضرنا الاحتفال المجيد بالذكرى العشرين لتأسيس المؤسسة الرائدة.
الal
the
ناnâ
our / us (object) / we (subject suffix on past verb)
بbi
by, with (attached)
لli
for, to (attached)
حضرhadara
to attend
عشرون'ishrûna
twenty
احتفالihtifâl
celebration
مؤسسةmu'assasah
institution
مجيدmajîd
glorious
ذكرىdhikrâ
anniversary
تأسيسta'sîs
foundation (act of establishing)
رائدrâ'id
leading; pioneer
Questions & Answers about حضرنا الاحتفال المجيد بالذكرى العشرين لتأسيس المؤسسة الرائدة.
Why do we use العشرين here instead of العشرون?
It acts as an adjective modifying الذكرى, which is in the genitive case (majrur) because of the preposition بـ. Since ordinal decades decline like sound masculine plurals, it takes the ـين suffix for the genitive (and accusative) case.
الذكرى (anniversary) is a feminine noun. Why doesn't the adjective العشرين have a feminine marker?
Unlike ordinal numbers from 1st to 10th, ordinal decades (20th to 90th) do not change for gender. They only change for case and definiteness. Because الذكرى is definite, the number takes الـ, but its core form stays the same whether the noun is masculine or feminine.
Why is the preposition بـ attached to الذكرى?
In Arabic, the verbal noun الاحتفال (celebration) typically takes the preposition بـ to indicate what is being celebrated. The phrase translates literally as 'the celebration with the anniversary'.
Since الذكرى is in the genitive case, why doesn't it have a visible kasra at the end?
Nouns ending in alif maqsura (ى) cannot take written or pronounced vowel endings. Their case is 'assumed' or 'hidden'. However, you can see its true grammatical case reflected in its adjective, العشرين, which clearly shows the genitive ending.
Are تأسيس (foundation) and المؤسسة (institution) from the same root?
Yes, both come from the root أ س س. تأسيس is the Form II verbal noun meaning the act of establishing or founding, while مؤسسة refers to the established entity or institution itself.
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