تملك الشركة المبنى.

Because الشركة (the company) is grammatically feminine singular in Arabic, and the verb agrees with it.

• تملك = she owns / it owns
• يملك = he owns / it owns for a masculine noun

Even though a company is not a person, Arabic still assigns it grammatical gender. Since شركة is feminine, the verb takes the feminine singular form.

So:

• تملك الشركة المبنى = The company owns the building

The noun شركة is a feminine noun. One common sign of feminine nouns in Arabic is the ending ـة (called taaʾ marbuuṭa).

So:

• شركة = company
• because it ends in ـة, it is usually feminine
• therefore the verb is feminine too: تملك

This is grammatical gender, not biological sex.

Both are possible in Modern Standard Arabic.

1. تملك الشركة المبنى
   This is a verb-subject-object pattern, which is very common in Arabic.

2. الشركة تملك المبنى
   This is a subject-verb-object pattern, also possible, especially in more straightforward or emphasized statements.

Both mean the same thing here: The company owns the building.

A learner should know that Arabic often allows more than one word order, though the style or emphasis may change slightly.

Because الـ is the Arabic definite article, meaning the.

So:

• مبنى = a building / building
• المبنى = the building

Since the English meaning is the building, Arabic uses الـ.

For the same reason: الـ means the.

• شركة = a company
• الشركة = the company

So the sentence literally contains:

• تملك = owns
• الشركة = the company
• المبنى = the building

In Arabic, the single verb تملك already expresses the present-tense meaning owns.

Arabic verbs usually do not need an extra helping verb like English sometimes does. So:

• تملك can mean she owns / it owns
• with الشركة, it means the company owns

Arabic present-tense verbs often cover meanings that English expresses with simple present.

It comes from the root م ل ك, which is connected with ideas like owning, possessing, or having control.

From this root, you get related words such as:

• ملك = to own / he owned or owns depending on form and context
• مَلِك = king
• مُلْك = possession, dominion
• مِلك = property, possession

Recognizing roots is very helpful in Arabic because many related words come from the same three consonants.

The word مبنى ends with ى, called alif maqṣuura. It looks like ى and usually represents a final long aa sound.

So مبنى is pronounced roughly mabnaa.

This spelling is just part of the word’s normal written form. It does not mean the word is feminine by itself. A learner should not confuse final ى with ـة.

A common pronunciation is:

tamliku ash-sharikatu al-mabnaa

A few helpful notes:

• تملك = tamliku
• الشركة = ash-sharikatu in full pronunciation, because the ل of الـ changes in sound before ش
• المبنى = al-mabnaa

In normal pauses or less formal speech, the case endings are often not pronounced, so you may hear something closer to:

tamlik ash-sharika al-mabna

Because ش is a sun letter. With sun letters, the ل in الـ is not pronounced, and the next consonant is emphasized instead.

So:

• written: الشركة
• pronounced: ash-sharika

This happens in pronunciation, not in spelling. The spelling still keeps الـ.

Yes. In fully vocalized, formal grammar, the sentence would be:

تملكُ الشركةُ المبنى

The endings show grammatical roles:

• تملكُ = the verb with the normal indicative ending
• الشركةُ = subject, so it takes ḍamma
• المبنى = object; if fully marked, its case is accusative, though with this kind of ending the visible change may be limited

In ordinary printed Arabic, these short vowel endings are usually omitted, so learners normally see:

تملك الشركة المبنى

Yes. The verb ملك / يملك can express the general idea of possessing or owning.

Depending on context, تملك could be understood as:

• she owns
• it owns
• she possesses
• it possesses

In this sentence, because the subject is the company, the natural English translation is The company owns the building.

You can tell from both word order and grammar.

In this sentence:

• تملك = the verb
• الشركة = the subject, the one doing the owning
• المبنى = the object, the thing being owned

So the meaning is:

• the company = owner
• the building = thing owned

In fully marked Arabic, case endings help show this more clearly, but even without them, the structure makes it understandable.