Breakdown of الشركة هتعوض الزبون عشان التاخير.
عشان
because of
زبونzabôn
customer
الشركةel-sharika
the company
التاخيرel-ta'khîr
the delay
Questions & Answers about الشركة هتعوض الزبون عشان التاخير.
Why does هتعوض start with هتـ?
In Egyptian Arabic, هـ / حـ before the present-tense verb marks the future, like will in English. So هتعوض means she/it will compensate.
The تـ part is not the future marker by itself here; it is the normal present-tense prefix for she/it. Since الشركة is feminine singular, هتعوض matches it.
Why is the verb feminine singular?
Because الشركة is a feminine singular noun in Arabic. Nouns ending in ـة are very often feminine, and شركة is one of them.
So the verb has to agree with it, which is why you get هتعوض rather than a masculine form.
What is the base form of هتعوض?
The base verb is عوّض = to compensate.
So the pattern is:
- عوّض = he compensated
- يعوّض / تعوّض = he/she compensates
- هيعوّض / هتعوّض = he/she will compensate
In casual writing, the shadda is often omitted, so you may see هتعوض instead of the more precise هتعوّض.
Why is الزبون a direct object with no preposition?