يحسب صديقي النتيجة من دون أن يستعمل جدول النقاط.

A fully vocalized version would be:

يَحسِبُ صَديقي النَّتيجَةَ مِن دونِ أَن يَستَعمِلَ جَدولَ النِّقاطِ.

A careful pronunciation would be roughly:

yaḥsibu ṣadīqī an-natījata min dūni an yastaʿmila jadwala an-niqāṭi

A few notes:

• يَحسِبُ = he calculates / counts
• صديقي = my friend
• النتيجة = the result
• من دون أن = without
• يستعمل = he uses
• جدول النقاط = the points table / score table

In normal reading, many final case vowels are not written, and in pause they are often not pronounced.

Because Arabic very often uses verb–subject–object order.

So:

• يحسب صديقي النتيجة = My friend calculates the result

Literally, it is closer to:

• Calculates my friend the result

This is completely normal in Arabic.

You could also say:

• صديقي يحسب النتيجة

This puts more emphasis on my friend. Both are grammatical, but the version starting with the verb is very common in Modern Standard Arabic.

Yes, يحسب can mean different things depending on context.

Common meanings include:

• to calculate / count
• to suppose / think / assume

In this sentence, because it is followed by النتيجة and the context involves جدول النقاط, the meaning is clearly:

• he calculates the result

So here يحسب does not mean he thinks.

صديقي means my friend.

It is made of:

• صديق = friend
• ـي = my

So:

• صديق = friend
• صديقي = my friend

The ـي is the possessive suffix for my.

This is very common in Arabic:

• كتابي = my book
• بيتي = my house
• اسمي = my name

النتيجة means the result, with الـ making it definite.

In this sentence, the result is being treated as a specific result, not just any result. That is why Arabic uses:

• النتيجة = the result

If you said نتيجة, that would mean a result or just result in a less specific sense.

So the sentence is talking about calculating a particular known result.

Yes. من دون means without.

In this sentence:

• من دون أن يستعمل... = without using... or literally without that he uses...

This is a common Arabic structure for saying without doing something.

You may also see:

• بدون = without

So these are often similar in meaning:

• من دون أن يستعمل
• بدون أن يستعمل

Both can mean without using.

This is a very common pattern in Arabic:

• من دون أن + present verb
• without doing

So:

• من دون أن يستعمل = without using

Literally, أن is a particle that introduces a verb phrase, often similar to to or a subordinating structure in English.

Examples:

• خرج من دون أن يتكلم = He left without speaking
• قرأ النص من دون أن يفهمه = He read the text without understanding it

So in your sentence, أن يستعمل is the natural grammar after من دون.

Yes. After أن, the present tense verb is normally in the subjunctive form.

So:

• basic form: يستعملُ
• after أن: يستعملَ

In unvocalized Arabic writing, you usually do not see the difference, because the final short vowel is not written. But grammatically, the sentence is understood as:

• من دون أن يستعملَ

This is an important rule:

• أن causes the following present verb to be subjunctive

You will often notice this only when full vowels are shown.

Yes. Both verbs can mean to use.

So these are both possible:

• أن يستعمل جدول النقاط
• أن يستخدم جدول النقاط

In many contexts, they are very close in meaning. Choice can depend on style, region, or personal preference.

For a learner, it is enough to know that استعمل and استخدم are both common verbs meaning use.

This is an iḍāfa construction, often called the genitive construction.

It works like this:

• جدول = table
• النقاط = the points

Together:

• جدول النقاط = the points table / table of points

In an iḍāfa:

1. The first noun usually does not take الـ
2. The second noun determines whether the whole phrase is definite

So because the second noun is definite:

• النقاط = the points

the whole phrase جدول النقاط is also definite in meaning.

That is why Arabic says:

• جدول النقاط

not:

• الجدول النقاط

In جدول النقاط, the second noun in the iḍāfa is in the genitive case.

So in full vocalization:

• جَدولَ النِّقاطِ

Why?

Because in an iḍāfa construction, the second noun is genitive.

Similarly:

• كتابُ الطالبِ = the student’s book
• بابُ البيتِ = the door of the house
• جدولُ النقاطِ = the points table

Even though case endings are often not written in normal text, the grammatical relationship is still there.

It depends on context.

جدول النقاط could be translated as:

• points table
• score table
• scoring table
• table of points

If the context is sports or rankings, points table is often the best choice.

If the context is grading, game scoring, or assigning values, score table or point table may fit better.

So the Arabic phrase is clear, but the best English wording depends on the situation.

Because the verb already includes the subject information.

• يحسب means he calculates
• يستعمل means he uses

So Arabic does not need a separate word for he here.

The subject is then made explicit with صديقي:

• يحسب صديقي النتيجة = My friend calculates the result

Arabic often does this: the verb itself already tells you person, number, and usually gender.

Yes. يستعمل comes from the verb استعمل, which is based on the root:

• ع م ل

That root is connected with work or action.

استعمل is a derived form meaning to use / employ.

So:

• استعمل = he used
• يستعمل = he uses / is using

Recognizing patterns like يستفعل / استعمل can help you identify verbs more quickly as your Arabic improves.

Yes. The Arabic present tense can cover several English ideas, including:

• he calculates
• he is calculating
• he does calculate
• sometimes a habitual sense, depending on context

So:

• يحسب صديقي النتيجة من دون أن يستعمل جدول النقاط

could mean:

• My friend calculates the result without using the points table
• My friend is calculating the result without using the points table

The exact time sense depends on context. Arabic present tense is broader than a single English tense.

You could say:

• صديقي يحسب النتيجة من دون أن يستعمل جدول النقاط.

This is also correct.

The core meaning does not change, but the emphasis can shift:

• يحسب صديقي... often sounds more neutral and narrative
• صديقي يحسب... gives a little more prominence to my friend

Both are good Arabic. The original sentence is simply using a very common Arabic word order.