Word
هذا بند العقد.
Meaning
This is the contract clause.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about هذا بند العقد.
Why is there no Arabic word for is in هذا بند العقد?
Because this is a nominal sentence in Arabic. In the present tense, Arabic usually does not use a separate word for is / am / are.
So:
هذا بند العقد
literally: this clause/provision of-the-contract
natural English: This is the clause/provision of the contract.
If you wanted was, Arabic would use a verb, for example كان.
Why is the sentence starting with هذا?
هذا means this and is the singular masculine demonstrative.
It comes first here because the sentence is built like:
هذا = this
بند العقد = the thing being identified
So the structure is basically:
This = the clause/provision of the contract.
This is a very common Arabic pattern:
هذا كتاب = This is a book
هذه سيارة = This is a car
Why is it هذا and not هذه?
Because بند is a masculine singular noun, and the demonstrative must match it.
- هذا = this, for masculine singular