Breakdown of صياغة الأسئلة معقدة جدا.
الal
the
سؤالsu'âl
question
جداjiddan
very
معقدmu'aqqad
complicated
صياغةsiyâgha
formulation / drafting
Questions & Answers about صياغة الأسئلة معقدة جدا.
Why is معقدة (complicated) in the feminine singular?
It is the predicate of the sentence and must agree with the subject, which is the feminine singular noun صياغة (drafting). While الأسئلة (the questions) is a non-human plural that also takes feminine singular agreement, the adjective is structurally describing the drafting, not the questions themselves.
Why doesn't the word صياغة have the definite article (الـ), even though the translation says 'The drafting'?
The phrase صياغة الأسئلة is an idafa (possessive construction) meaning 'the drafting of the questions'. A strict rule of the idafa is that the first word (mudaf) never takes the definite article الـ, but it is still considered grammatically definite because the second word (mudaf ilayh) is definite.
What verb form does the word معقدة come from?
It is the feminine passive participle of the Form II verb عقّد (to complicate). Form II passive participles are built with the prefix مُـ (mu-) and a fatha on the middle root letter. It literally translates to 'made complicated'.
How would I use the lesson's target word ثَمَّةَ to say 'There is a very complicated drafting of the questions'?
You would place the formal existential adverb ثَمَّةَ at the beginning. Because ثَمَّةَ introduces an indefinite noun, you would break the idafa and write: ثَمَّةَ صياغة معقدة جدا للأسئلة. We use the preposition لِـ (for/of) here so that صياغة can correctly remain indefinite.
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