يرفق مقدم الطلب نسخة مصدقة تستوفي الشروط.

Questions & Answers about يرفق مقدم الطلب نسخة مصدقة تستوفي الشروط.

What does يرفق mean here?

In this sentence, يرفق means attaches, encloses, or submits along with.

In formal administrative Arabic, أرفق / يُرفق is very common for documents and attachments. So:

  • يرفق مقدم الطلب... = The applicant attaches / should attach / shall attach...

Even though the verb is grammatically in the present tense, in official writing it often has an instructional meaning, similar to English shall attach or must attach.

Why does the sentence start with the verb?

Because Arabic often allows — and very often prefers — verb–subject–object order, especially in formal written style.

So here:

  • يرفق = verb
  • مقدم الطلب = subject
  • نسخة مصدقة = object

This is a very normal structure in Modern Standard Arabic.

You could also find a subject-first version in some contexts, but the verb-first order here sounds natural and formal.

What does مقدم الطلب literally mean?

مقدم الطلب literally means the submitter of the application/request.

It is an iḍāfa (genitive construction):

  • مقدم = submitter / presenter
  • الطلب = the application / the request

Together:

  • مقدم الطلب = the applicant

This is a common formal way to say applicant in administrative Arabic.

Why is نسخة indefinite instead of النسخة?

Because the sentence means a certified copy, not the certified copy.

So:

  • نسخة = a copy
  • نسخة مصدقة = a certified copy

In document instructions, Arabic often uses the indefinite form when it means some acceptable copy of this type, rather than a specific previously identified one.

What is مصدقة, and why is it feminine?

مصدقة means certified, authenticated, or attested.

It is an adjective (more precisely, a passive participle used adjectivally) describing نسخة.

It is feminine because نسخة is a feminine noun, so the adjective has to agree with it:

  • نسخة = feminine singular
  • مصدقة = feminine singular

If the noun were masculine, the adjective would normally be masculine too.

What does تستوفي الشروط mean?

تستوفي الشروط means meets the requirements or fulfills the conditions.

Breakdown:

  • تستوفي = she/it fulfills, satisfies, meets
  • الشروط = the conditions / requirements

So the phrase describes the copy as one that satisfies the official requirements.

What does تستوفي refer to — the applicant or the copy?

It refers to نسخة مصدقة — the copy, not the applicant.

The clue is the verb form:

  • تستوفي is feminine singular
  • نسخة is feminine singular
  • مقدم is masculine

So grammatically, the clause attaches to نسخة مصدقة:

  • نسخة مصدقة تستوفي الشروط = a certified copy that meets the requirements
Why is there no التي before تستوفي الشروط?

Because in Arabic, when the noun being described is indefinite, a following clause can describe it without a relative pronoun like التي.

So:

  • نسخة مصدقة تستوفي الشروط = a certified copy meeting the requirements
  • more naturally in English: a certified copy that meets the requirements

If the noun were definite, you would usually expect a relative pronoun:

  • النسخة المصدقة التي تستوفي الشروط

So the absence of التي here is normal and grammatical because نسخة مصدقة is indefinite.

Is this sentence a statement or an instruction?

Grammatically, it looks like a statement in the present tense, but in official and bureaucratic Arabic it functions as an instruction or requirement.

So it often carries the force of:

  • The applicant shall attach...
  • The applicant must attach...
  • The applicant should attach...

This is very common in forms, regulations, and administrative procedures.

How would this sentence be fully vocalized?

A full vocalization would be:

يُرْفِقُ مُقَدِّمُ الطَّلَبِ نُسْخَةً مُصَدَّقَةً تَسْتَوْفِي الشُّرُوطَ

A rough grammatical breakdown:

  • يُرْفِقُ — verb, present tense
  • مُقَدِّمُ — subject, nominative
  • الطَّلَبِ — second term of the iḍāfa, genitive
  • نُسْخَةً — direct object, accusative
  • مُصَدَّقَةً — adjective matching نُسخة, accusative feminine singular
  • تَسْتَوْفِي — verb in a descriptive clause referring to نسخة
  • الشُّرُوطَ — direct object of تستوفي

In ordinary printed Arabic, these case endings are usually not written, but they are understood.

Could نسخة مصدقة تستوفي الشروط be translated literally as a certified copy fulfilling the requirements?

Yes. That is a very close literal translation.

Possible English renderings include:

  • a certified copy that meets the requirements
  • a certified copy fulfilling the requirements
  • a certified copy that satisfies the conditions

In natural English, that meets the requirements is usually the smoothest choice.

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