Breakdown of لن يقرر المدير التعيين بدون مقابلة المتقدم.
الal
the
مديرmudîr
manager
بدونbidûni
without
قررqarrara
to decide
لنlan
will not
مقابلةmuqâbala
interview
متقدمmutaqaddim
applicant
تعيينta'yîn
hiring
Questions & Answers about لن يقرر المدير التعيين بدون مقابلة المتقدم.
Why does the verb يقرر (yuqarrir) take a fatha (a) vowel at the end instead of a damma (u)?
Because it follows the negative future particle لن (will not). This particle forces the following present tense verb into the subjunctive mood (known as mansub), which typically changes the final vowel to a fatha. So, if read with full endings, it is pronounced يقررَ (yuqarrira).
The English translation uses the "-ing" verb "interviewing". Why does the Arabic use the word مقابلة, which is a noun?
In Arabic, verbal nouns (called masdar) are frequently used where English uses gerunds (verbs acting as nouns ending in "-ing"). مقابلة is the verbal noun of the Form III verb قابل (to meet/interview). Prepositions like بدون (without) must be followed by a noun, so the verbal noun is required here rather than a conjugated verb.
How are the words in the phrase مقابلة المتقدم (interviewing the applicant) connected grammatically?
They form an Idafa (a genitive "possession" construct). While "the applicant" is the logical object of the interviewing, Arabic grammar treats this as the verbal noun "possessing" its object—literally "the interviewing of the applicant". Because it's the first part of an Idafa, مقابلة cannot take ال (the), and the second part المتقدم is forced into the genitive case.
How is the word المتقدم (the applicant) constructed?
It is an active participle, meaning it's a noun that represents the "doer" of an action. It comes from the Form V verb تقدم (to apply or to step forward). For Form V verbs, you create the active participle by adding the prefix مـ (mu-) and changing the vowel on the second-to-last letter to a kasra (i), giving us متقدم (mutaqaddim).
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