Word
يجب على مالك العقار أن يبلغ المستأجر بالإيجار الشهري ومبلغ الضمان.
Meaning
The landlord must notify the tenant about the monthly rent and the security deposit.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Breakdown of يجب على مالك العقار أن يبلغ المستأجر بالإيجار الشهري ومبلغ الضمان.
أن
(subordinating particle)
على
on
يجب
must
مالك العقارmâliku al-'aqâr
landlord; property owner
Questions & Answers about يجب على مالك العقار أن يبلغ المستأجر بالإيجار الشهري ومبلغ الضمان.
What is the grammar pattern يجب على ... أن ... doing here?
This is a very common MSA pattern for expressing obligation.
- يجب = it is necessary / it is obligatory / must
- على + person = on/upon the person
- أن + present verb = the action that must be done
So:
- يجب على مالك العقار أن يبلغ...
- literally: It is obligatory upon the property owner to inform...
- natural English: The property owner must inform...
This pattern is especially common in formal, legal, and administrative Arabic.
Why is على used after يجب?
Because Arabic often expresses obligation as something that rests on someone.
So:
- يجب على مالك العقار = it is required of the property owner
- more literally: it is obligatory upon the property owner
This is different from English, where we usually just say the owner must...
You will often see both patterns:
- يجب أن... = it is necessary to...
- يجب على فلان أن... = so-and-so must...
Why is it مالك العقار and not المالك العقار?