Breakdown of هل سيكون المؤيد مترقبا للنتيجة في الانتخابات التشريعية أم الرئاسية؟
الal
the
هلhal
is / are (question marker)
فيfî
in / about, regarding
أمam
or (in questions)
لli
for, to (attached)
سsa
will (future prefix)
كانkâna
to be
نتيجةnatîja
result
انتخاباتintikhâbât
elections
مترقبmutaraqqib
anticipating
رئاسيri'âsî
presidential
مؤيدmu'ayyid
supporter (backer, endorser)
تشريعيtashrii3iyy
legislative
Questions & Answers about هل سيكون المؤيد مترقبا للنتيجة في الانتخابات التشريعية أم الرئاسية؟
How does the future continuous tense work in this sentence, and why does the word for anticipating (مترقبا) take the accusative case?
The future continuous here is formed by combining سيكون (he will be) with the active participle مترقبا (anticipating). Because مترقبا is the predicate of the verb 'to be' (كان and its sisters), it must take the accusative case (mansub), which gives it the '-an' ending.
What verb form does the active participle مترقبا come from?
It comes from the Form V verb ترقب (to anticipate or wait for). Like all active participles from Forms II through X, it is built by adding a مـ (mu-) prefix and putting a short 'i' (kasra) before the final root letter, resulting in مترقب. In this sentence, it takes the accusative ending to become مترقبا.
Why is there a لـ (li-) attached to the word for result (للنتيجة)?
The verb ترقب and its active participle مترقبا often take the preposition لـ (for) to indicate what is being anticipated. In English we just say 'anticipating the result', but in Arabic you are literally 'anticipating for the result'.
Why does the sentence use أم (am) for 'or' instead of the more common أو (aw)?
In Arabic, أم is specifically used in questions when offering a choice between two mutually exclusive alternatives, like 'legislative or presidential' here. You use أو in standard statements or when choices are more open-ended.
Why are the adjectives التشريعية (legislative) and الرئاسية (presidential) singular and feminine when they describe the plural word الانتخابات (elections)?
In Arabic, plural nouns that refer to non-human things, like الانتخابات, are treated grammatically as singular feminine. Therefore, any adjectives modifying them must also be in the singular feminine form as a standard rule.
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