هذا اختبار نهائي.

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Breakdown of هذا اختبار نهائي.

• اختبار نهائي: final exam

Questions & Answers about هذا اختبار نهائي.

Why is there no word for is in هذا اختبار نهائي?

In Arabic, the verb to be is usually not written in the present tense.

So هذا اختبار نهائي literally looks like:

• هذا = this
• اختبار نهائي = a final exam

But the full meaning is:

• This is a final exam.

This is very normal in Modern Standard Arabic.
If you wanted past or future, Arabic would use a verb, but in the present tense it is usually omitted.

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What does هذا mean exactly, and why is it used here?

هذا means this for a masculine singular noun.

It is used here because اختبار is a masculine singular noun, so the correct demonstrative is هذا.

A few related forms are:

• هذا = this (masculine singular)
• هذه = this (feminine singular)
• هذان / هاتان = these two
• هؤلاء = these

So because اختبار is masculine, هذا is the right choice.

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Why is اختبار not written with الـ?