بعد ما غيرت البطارية، اشتغل الريموت.

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Breakdown of بعد ما غيرت البطارية، اشتغل الريموت.

• بعد ما: after
• غير: to change
• بطارية: battery

Questions & Answers about بعد ما غيرت البطارية، اشتغل الريموت.

What does بعد ما mean here? Does ما mean not?

Here بعد ما means after when it is followed by a whole clause.

So:

• بعد ما غيرت البطارية = after I/you changed the battery

And no, ما is not negation here. It is just part of the expression بعد ما in colloquial Arabic.

This is very common in Levantine speech.

Why is there no word for I or you before غيرت?

In Levantine Arabic, subject pronouns are often left out because the verb already carries that information.

غيرت can mean:

• I changed
• you changed (masculine singular)

Context tells you which one is meant.

If you want to make it explicit, you can say:

• أنا غيرت البطارية = I changed the battery
• إنت غيرت البطارية = you changed the battery (to a man)

Why is it غيرت and not something that agrees with البطارية?

Because البطارية is the object, not the subject.

The person doing the action is hidden inside غيرت:

• I changed
• or