هو يستأجر الشقة المفروشة.

he

Breakdown of هو يستأجر الشقة المفروشة.

• الشقة: apartment
• مفروش: furnished
• يستأجر: to rent

Questions & Answers about هو يستأجر الشقة المفروشة.

Why is هو included if يستأجر already means he rents / he is renting?

In Arabic, the verb already tells you the person, so يستأجر by itself can mean he rents or he is renting.

The pronoun هو is often added for one of these reasons:

• clarity: to make it extra clear who the subject is
• emphasis: he rents the apartment
• style: especially in teaching examples or careful written Arabic

So both of these are possible:

• يستأجر الشقة المفروشة = He rents the furnished apartment.
• هو يستأجر الشقة المفروشة = He rents the furnished apartment. / He is renting the furnished apartment.

The version with هو sounds a bit more explicit.

What tense is يستأجر? Does it mean rents or is renting?

يستأجر is in the imperfect verb form. In Modern Standard Arabic, the imperfect can cover several meanings depending on context, including:

• he rents
• he is renting
• he rents regularly
• sometimes even he will rent, if there is a future marker such as سـ or سوف

So in this sentence, without extra context, يستأجر can mean either:

• a general present action: he rents
• a current ongoing action: