خطة الحكومة جيدة.

Breakdown of خطة الحكومة جيدة.

جيد
good
خطةkhutta
plan
حكومةhukûma
government

Questions & Answers about خطة الحكومة جيدة.

How do you pronounce خطة الحكومة جيدة?

A common classroom pronunciation is:

khuṭṭat al-ḥukūma jayyida

If you read it with full case endings in very careful Modern Standard Arabic, it is:

khuṭṭatu l-ḥukūmati jayyidatun

A few pronunciation notes:

  • خ = a throaty kh sound
  • ط = an emphatic t
  • ح = a strong breathy h
  • جيدة is pronounced jayyida, with a doubled y sound
Why is there no word for is in the sentence?

In Arabic, the present tense of to be is usually omitted in simple statements.

So Arabic says:

خطة الحكومة جيدة
literally: the government's plan good

But the natural English meaning is:

The government's plan is good.

This kind of sentence is very common in Arabic.

Is خطة الحكومة a possessive construction?

Yes. It is an iḍāfa construction, which is the standard Arabic way to say things like:

  • the government's plan
  • the plan of the government

So:

  • خطة = plan
  • الحكومة = the government

Together, خطة الحكومة means the government's plan.

Why isn't خطة written with ال?

Because in an iḍāfa construction, the first noun normally does not take ال.

So Arabic says:

  • خطة الحكومة = the government's plan

not:

  • الخطة الحكومة ❌

The definiteness comes from the second noun, الحكومة, and that makes the whole phrase definite.

Why is جيدة feminine?

Because خطة is a feminine noun, and adjectives in Arabic must agree with the noun they describe.

So:

  • خطة = feminine singular
  • جيدة = feminine singular

If the noun were masculine, you would use جيد instead.

How do we know خطة is feminine?

One strong clue is the ending ة (called tāʾ marbūṭa).

This ending very often marks feminine nouns and adjectives. So:

  • خطة = feminine noun
  • جيدة = feminine adjective

That is why the adjective must also be feminine.

How is the ة pronounced in خطة and جيدة?

Usually ة is pronounced like -a when you stop at the word.

So:

  • خطة sounds like khuṭṭa
  • جيدة sounds like jayyida

But when the word is followed closely by another word in certain grammatical contexts, the ة can sound like -t.

That is why in خطة الحكومة, the first word is often pronounced:

khuṭṭat al-ḥukūma

So the ة in خطة is heard as t there.

What are the full case endings in this sentence?

In fully vocalized MSA, the sentence is:

خُطَّةُ الحُكُومَةِ جَيِّدَةٌ

Grammatically:

  • خطةُ is nominative because it is the subject of the sentence
  • الحكومةِ is genitive because it is the second part of an iḍāfa
  • جيدةٌ is nominative because it is the predicate

In normal Arabic writing, these short vowel endings are usually not written.

Why does خطة sound like it has a double ṭ sound?

Because the word contains a doubled consonant, shown in full spelling by a shadda on ط:

خُطَّة

So it is not khuṭa. It is khuṭṭa.

This doubling is part of the word itself and must be pronounced.

Can I change the word order?

Yes, Arabic word order can sometimes change, but the original order is the most straightforward:

خطة الحكومة جيدة

This is the most neutral way to say it.

You may sometimes see the predicate first for emphasis or style, but for a learner, the original order is the best pattern to use:

  • subject: خطة الحكومة
  • predicate: جيدة
Why is ال in الحكومة pronounced al- and not merged into the next letter?

Because ح is a moon letter, not a sun letter.

With moon letters, ال is pronounced clearly:

  • الحكومة = al-ḥukūma

If the next letter were a sun letter, the l sound would assimilate instead.

So here you pronounce the l normally.

What is the basic grammar pattern of the whole sentence?

It is a nominal sentence in Arabic.

The pattern is:

  • خطة الحكومة = the subject
  • جيدة = the predicate

So the sentence structure is basically:

[noun phrase] + [adjective/predicate]

This is one of the most important and common patterns in Modern Standard Arabic.

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