Breakdown of يجب أن يستبق الحاسوب المشكلة ويتنبأ بها.
الal
the
وwa
and
حاسوبhâsûb
computer
هاhâ
her / her (object) / it (feminine)
مشكلةmushkila
problem
أنan
to (with verbs)
يجبyajibu
must / has to
تنبأ بtanabba'a bi
to predict
استبقistabaqa
to anticipate
Questions & Answers about يجب أن يستبق الحاسوب المشكلة ويتنبأ بها.
Why does يستبق look like a Form X verb, but it's actually Form VIII?
Form X verbs usually start with the prefix است added to the root. However, for يستبق, the root is س-ب-ق (relating to preceding or racing). The verb follows the Form VIII pattern, where a ت is inserted after the first root letter. Because the first root letter is س, it accidentally looks like the prefix of Form X!
What case ending do the verbs يستبق and يتنبأ take here?
They both take the subjunctive case, marked by a fatha on the final letter (يستبقَ and يتنبأَ). This is triggered by the particle أن which follows يجب. The second verb, يتنبأ, is connected by the conjunction و (and), so it inherits the subjunctive case from the first verb.
Why does the sentence end with بها instead of just attaching a direct object pronoun like ويتنبأها?
The verb تنبأ (to predict) does not take a direct object directly. It requires the preposition بـ to connect to what is being predicted. Because the word for problem (المشكلة) is a feminine noun, we use the feminine suffix ها, resulting in بها.
Since we are studying the Future Continuous tense, how would we change this sentence to say 'The computer will be anticipating the problem and predicting it'?
You would replace يجب أن (must) with سيكون (will be) followed by the subject and the present tense verb: سيكون الحاسوب يستبق المشكلة ويتنبأ بها. Notice that the main verbs would revert to the indicative case (ending in a damma) because the subjunctive particle أن is no longer there.
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