Breakdown of لا بد أن نذهب إلى الوزارة غدا.
الal
the
لاlâ
no
ذهبdhahaba
to go
إلىilâ
to
غداghadan
tomorrow
أنan
to (with verbs)
بدbudd
alternative (escape, way out)
وزارةwizâra
ministry
Questions & Answers about لا بد أن نذهب إلى الوزارة غدا.
What exactly is the grammatical structure of لا بد?
لا here is the absolute negative, meaning 'there is absolutely no'. This special لا forces the noun right after it to be in the accusative case without a tanween, which is why we say بد (budda). Literally, the entire phrase means 'there is no escape'.
Could I use a verbal noun (masdar) instead of the verb نذهب here?
Yes, but the construction changes slightly. With a conjugated verb, you use لا بد أن نذهب. If you switch to the verbal noun الذهاب (going), you must drop أن and use the preposition من, making it لا بد من الذهاب.
Since أن is used, what happens to the ending of نذهب?
The particle أن forces the following present tense verb into the subjunctive mood (mansub). Therefore, the implied final vowel on نذهب changes from a damma to a fatha, making it نذهبَ (nadhhaba) instead of نذهبُ (nadhhabu).
Why does غدا take an accusative ending (-an) here?
Nouns that express the time an action occurs act as adverbs in Arabic. They automatically take the accusative case (mansub) to indicate 'when', which is why غد becomes غدا (ghadan) without needing any prepositions like 'in' or 'on'.
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