البذور في الاصيص.

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Breakdown of البذور في الاصيص.

• البذور: the seeds
• الاصيص: the plant pot

Questions & Answers about البذور في الاصيص.

What does each word in البذور في الاصيص mean?

Word by word:

• البذور = the seeds
• في = in
• الأصيص / الاصيص = the flowerpot / plant pot

So the sentence is literally the seeds in the pot, which in natural English is The seeds are in the pot.

Why is there no word for are in the Arabic sentence?

Because Arabic normally leaves out the verb to be in the present tense.

So in Arabic, a sentence like:

• البذور في الأصيص

naturally means:

• The seeds are in the pot

This is very common. Arabic often says the equivalent of the seeds in the pot, and the meaning are is understood.

Why do both البذور and الاصيص start with ال?

ال is the Arabic definite article, meaning the.

So:

• البذور = the seeds
• الأصيص = the pot

Arabic uses ال on both nouns here because both are definite in English too: the seeds and the pot.

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