المدافع هيمرر الكرة.

The defender will pass the ball.

Breakdown of المدافع هيمرر الكرة.

• كرة: ball
• المدافع: the defender
• يمرر: to pass (the ball)

Questions & Answers about المدافع هيمرر الكرة.

How do you pronounce المدافع هيمرر الكرة in Egyptian Arabic?

A rough pronunciation is:

el-modāfeʿ haymarrar el-kora

A few notes:

• المدافع is often said as el-modāfeʿ
• هيمرر may sound like haymarrar or hayimarrar, depending on how someone fills in the unwritten short vowels
• الكرة is usually el-kora in Egyptian

Arabic writing normally leaves out short vowels, so the pronunciation is not always obvious from the spelling alone.

What does هيمرر mean grammatically?

هيمرر is the future form of the verb.

It can be understood as:

• هـ / هَـ = a future marker in Egyptian Arabic, similar to will
• يمرر = he passes / he will pass

So هيمرر means he will pass.

In other words, Arabic does not need a separate word exactly like English will here; the future is built into the verb form.

Why does the verb have يـ at the beginning?

The يـ is the normal marker for he in the imperfect verb.

So:

• يمرر = he passes
• هيمرر = he will pass

Because is masculine singular, the verb matches it with the form.