Breakdown of من قرأ هذه النبذة وجد سببا مقنعا.
الal
the
هذهhâdhihi
this (f)
قرأqara'a
to read
سببsabab
reason
وجدwajada
to find / to exist, there is (passive)
منman
whoever
نبذةnubdha
overview
مقنعmuqni'
convincing
Questions & Answers about من قرأ هذه النبذة وجد سببا مقنعا.
Both قرأ and وجد are past tense verbs, but the translation says 'reads' and 'will find'. Why?
In Arabic, conditional sentences often use the past tense for both the condition and the result, even when referring to the future or a general truth. Because the particle من sets up a condition meaning 'whoever', the past tense verbs قرأ (read) and وجد (found) are automatically understood as 'reads' and 'will find'.
Why do سببا and مقنعا both have the accusative '-an' ending?
They form a noun-adjective phrase acting as the direct object of the verb وجد. Direct objects take the accusative case. The adjective مقنعا must match the noun سببا in case, gender (masculine), and definiteness (indefinite).
How is the word مقنعا (convincing) formed?
It is the active participle of the Form IV verb أقنع (to convince). For Form IV verbs, the active participle is created by replacing the present tense prefix with a مـ (mu-) and ensuring there is a kasra (short 'i' vowel) before the final root letter, resulting in مقنع.
Why must النبذة be definite (having ال) after هذه?
To say 'this overview' as a single phrase, the noun following the demonstrative pronoun must have ال. If you removed it, the phrase هذه نبذة would become a complete sentence meaning 'This is an overview'.
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