Breakdown of تختلف الحاويات حسب نوع البلاستيك.
الal
the
اختلفikhtalafa
to differ
نوعnaw'un
kind, type
بلاستيكblâstîk
plastic
Questions & Answers about تختلف الحاويات حسب نوع البلاستيك.
Could we use حسبما instead of حسب in this sentence?
No, you cannot. As covered in this lesson, حسب or بحسب must be used before nouns or noun phrases like نوع البلاستيك. If you wanted to use حسبما, you would have to follow it with a complete verbal clause, such as 'depending on how they are manufactured'.
Why does نوع take the genitive case here, and what is its exact ending?
The word حسب acts like a preposition in this context, governing the noun that follows it in the genitive case. Additionally, because نوع is the first part of an Idaafa (possessive construction) meaning 'type of plastic', it cannot take Nunation (tanween). Therefore, it takes a single Kasra, pronounced as حَسَبَ نَوْعِ.
Why is the verb تختلف in the feminine singular form when الحاويات is plural?
This is a classic Arabic grammar rule that remains vital at higher levels: non-human plurals are treated as grammatically feminine singular. Because الحاويات (containers) are inanimate objects, the matching verb must take the feminine singular prefix تـ.
What verb form is تختلف and how does that affect its meaning?
It is a Form VIII verb, which you can spot by the inserted ت after the first root letter of the root خ ل ف. While Form I of this root generally relates to succeeding or leaving behind, Form VIII often introduces a reciprocal or differing aspect, giving us 'to differ' or 'to be different from one another'.