ناقشنا الموضوع.

to discuss

Breakdown of ناقشنا الموضوع.

• موضوع: topic; subject

Questions & Answers about ناقشنا الموضوع.

How would I pronounce ناقشنا الموضوع in Levantine?

A common Levantine-style pronunciation is roughly nāʔašna l-mawḍūʕ.

A few notes:

• ناقشنا may be pronounced with a glottal stop in many urban Levantine accents: nāʔašna
• Some speakers keep a real q sound and say nāqašna
• الموضوع is often heard as el-mawḍūʕ or il-mawḍūʕ
• After ناقشنا, the article often gets reduced, so you may hear l-mawḍūʕ

The last sound in موضوع is ع, which is difficult for many English speakers at first. Getting close is fine in the beginning.

What exactly does ناقشنا break down into?

ناقشنا breaks down as:

• ناقش = discussed
• نا = we in the past tense

So the whole word means we discussed.

This is very common in Arabic: the verb itself often includes the subject.

Why isn’t there a separate word for we in the sentence?

Because Arabic verbs usually already show the subject.

So:

• ناقشنا = we discussed

You can add we for emphasis, but you do not need to. In Levantine, that would usually be إحنا: