Breakdown of تتراوح الأسعار بين عشرة وعشرين دولارا.
الal
the
وwa
and
سعرsi'r
price
عشرةashara
ten
دولارdûlâr
dollar
عشرون'ishrûna
twenty
تراوح بينtarâwaha bayna
to range between
Questions & Answers about تتراوح الأسعار بين عشرة وعشرين دولارا.
Why does the verb تتراوح (range) start with a ت if 'prices' is a plural word?
الأسعار (prices) is a non-human plural. In Arabic grammar, non-human plurals are treated as feminine singular. That is why the verb تتراوح takes the feminine singular prefix تـ.
Why is the number ten written with the feminine ending (عشرة) when 'dollar' is masculine?
For numbers 3 to 10, Arabic uses reverse agreement. Because the singular of the counted noun, دولار (dollar), is masculine, the number takes the feminine form عشرة.
Why do we use وعشرين instead of وعشرون for 'and twenty'?
The word عشرة is in the genitive case because it comes directly after the preposition بين (between). Since عشرين is connected to it by و (and), it must match that genitive case. For tens like 20, the genitive form uses the ـين suffix.
Why is 'dollars' translated as the singular word دولارا rather than the plural, and why does it have an alif at the end?
In Arabic, nouns counted by numbers from 11 to 99 must be singular and in the accusative case (which adds the alif for the -an sound). Even though the range starts at ten, the grammatical rule applies to the number immediately before the noun, which is عشرين (twenty).
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