يدفع أمر الدفع المستديم القسط.

to pay

Breakdown of يدفع أمر الدفع المستديم القسط.

• أمر دفع مستديم: a standing order
• قسط: an instalment

Questions & Answers about يدفع أمر الدفع المستديم القسط.

What is the basic grammar of this sentence?

It follows the common Arabic pattern verb + subject + object:

• يدفع = pays
• أمر الدفع المستديم = the standing payment order
• القسط = the installment

So the literal order is:

• pays
  • the standing payment order
    • the installment

In natural English, that becomes The standing payment order pays the installment.

Why does يدفع mean it pays here, not just he pays?

Because Arabic uses the same 3rd person masculine singular verb form for:

• he
• it for a masculine singular noun

The subject here is أمر (order), which is a masculine singular noun, so يدفع is the correct form.

So يدفع can mean:

• he pays
• it pays

You decide from the context.

Why is there no ال on أمر even though the phrase means the payment order?