Word
دفعنا السعر المتفق عليه.
Meaning
We paid the agreed price.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of دفعنا السعر المتفق عليه.
الal
the
على'ala
on / of (evidence of) / to (lie to someone) / for (difficult for someone)
هhu
his / him (object) / it (dummy pronoun after لأن)
سعر
Questions & Answers about دفعنا السعر المتفق عليه.
Why is عليه added to the end of this sentence?
In Arabic, the verb "to agree on" is اتفق على. When you turn it into a passive participle to say "the agreed-upon price" (السعر المتفق), you cannot just drop the preposition. You must include على plus a pronoun suffix referring back to the noun (the price). So, عليه literally means "upon it."
What form of the verb is المتفق derived from?
It is the passive participle of the Form VIII verb اتّفق (to agree). Form VIII passive participles start with the prefix مُـ (mu-) and have a fatha (short 'a' sound) on the second-to-last root letter. If it were the active participle (the one who agrees), it would have a kasra (short 'i' sound) instead.
Why does المتفق take the definite article الـ here?
Because it is functioning as an adjective modifying السعر (the price), which is definite. In Arabic, adjectives must match the noun they modify in definiteness, gender, and number.
How would I say this using a relative clause instead of a participle?
You could use the relative pronoun الذي and say دفعنا السعر الذي اتفقنا عليه (We paid the price which we agreed upon). Using the passive participle المتفق عليه is just a more concise, slightly more formal way to express the exact same idea, and it is very common in Modern Standard Arabic.