Breakdown of المرشحان كلاهما سيكونان مترقبين لنتيجة الانتخابات الرئاسية.
الal
the
لli
for, to (attached)
سsa
will (future prefix)
كانkâna
to be
نتيجةnatîja
result
انتخاباتintikhâbât
elections
مرشحmurashshah
candidate
كلاهماkilâhumâ
both of them
مترقبmutaraqqib
anticipating
رئاسيri'âsî
presidential
Questions & Answers about المرشحان كلاهما سيكونان مترقبين لنتيجة الانتخابات الرئاسية.
How is the future continuous tense formed for a dual subject in this sentence?
We use the future marker سـ attached to the dual verb يكونان (they two will be). This is followed by the active participle مترقبين (anticipating). Because the active participle acts as the predicate of the verb كان, it must take the accusative case. For a dual word, the accusative ending is ـين (-ayn) instead of the nominative ـان (-ān).
Why is كلاهما (both of them) used instead of كليهما?
كلاهما is an emphasizing word that must match the grammatical case of the noun it refers to. Here, it refers to the subject المرشحان (the two candidates), which is in the nominative case. The nominative form for 'both' is كلاهما, whereas كليهما is used when the noun is in the accusative or genitive case.
Why does the active participle مترقبين take the preposition لـ before نتيجة?
The active participle مترقبين comes from the Form V verb ترقب (to anticipate or look out for). When using this specific active participle to show an ongoing state, Arabic frequently uses the preposition لـ (for) to connect it to its object, functioning similarly to the English phrase 'waiting for the result'.
Why is the adjective الرئاسية (presidential) in the feminine singular form?
The word it describes, الانتخابات (the elections), is a non-human plural. In Arabic grammar, non-human plurals are treated as feminine singular, so any adjective modifying them must also take the feminine singular form as a standard rule.
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