Questions & Answers about الناس آمنين بالشقة.
Because in Levantine Arabic, the present-tense verb to be is usually omitted.
So الناس آمنين بالشقة is literally something like the people safe in the apartment, but it naturally means the people are safe in the apartment.
If you wanted a past meaning, you would use a form of كان:
- الناس كانوا آمنين بالشقة = The people were safe in the apartment
الناس means the people / people.
It is a very common word for people in general. Even though it can feel a bit like a collective noun in English, in sentences like this it is normally treated as referring to a plural group of humans.
Because it agrees with الناس.
Since الناس refers to multiple people, the adjective also appears in the plural:
- singular: آمن
- plural: آمنين
This is normal agreement in Levantine Arabic with human plurals.
In Arabic, the masculine plural is the default for a mixed group or a group whose gender is not specified.
So with , if you are just talking about people in general, is the expected form.