Word
الحوالة البنكية وصلت اليوم.
Meaning
The bank transfer arrived today.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Breakdown of الحوالة البنكية وصلت اليوم.
اليوم
today
وصل
to arrive
حوالة بنكيةhawâla bankiyye
the bank transfer
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Questions & Answers about الحوالة البنكية وصلت اليوم.
Why is وصلت ending in -ت?
Because الحوالة is grammatically feminine, and the verb agrees with it.
- وصل = he/it arrived
- وصلت = she/it arrived
So with الحوالة (a feminine noun), you say وصلت.
This is about grammar, not biological gender. Many non-human nouns in Arabic are simply assigned a grammatical gender.
Why do both الحوالة and البنكية have ال?
Because البنكية is an adjective describing الحوالة, and in Arabic adjectives usually match the noun in definiteness.
So:
- حوالة بنكية = a bank transfer
- الحوالة البنكية = the bank transfer
This matching is very important in Arabic. If the noun is definite, the adjective is usually definite too.
What exactly is البنكية grammatically?
It is an adjective meaning bank / banking-related.
It comes from بنك (bank) plus the adjective-forming ending -ي / -ية.
So:
- بنكي = banking / bank-related (masculine)