Word
التيار الكهربائي ضعيف جدا.
Meaning
The electric current is very weak.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Breakdown of التيار الكهربائي ضعيف جدا.
ضعيفda'îf
weak
جداjiddan
very
تيار كهربائيtayyârun kahrabâ'iyyun
electric current
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Questions & Answers about التيار الكهربائي ضعيف جدا.
Why is there no word for is in this sentence?
In Arabic, the verb to be is usually not expressed in the present tense.
So:
- التيار الكهربائي ضعيف جدا
- literally: the electric current very weak
- naturally: The electric current is very weak
This is called a nominal sentence in Arabic.
If you wanted was, will be, etc., Arabic would usually use an actual verb.
Is التيار الكهربائي one idea, or is الكهربائي the main predicate?
التيار الكهربائي is one unit: the electric current.
The sentence divides like this:
- التيار الكهربائي = the subject
- ضعيف جدا = the predicate/comment about it
So الكهربائي is not saying the current is electrical as a separate statement. It is part of the noun phrase electric current.
Why does الكهربائي come after التيار?