Word
المئزر نظيف اليوم.
Meaning
The apron is clean today.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about المئزر نظيف اليوم.
Why is there no word for is in this sentence?
In Modern Standard Arabic, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense.
So:
- المئزر نظيف اليوم = The apron is clean today
Arabic often says this as a nominal sentence:
- المئزر = the apron
- نظيف = clean
- اليوم = today
If you wanted was or will be, then Arabic would use a verb:
- كان المئزر نظيفًا = The apron was clean
- سيكون المئزر نظيفًا = The apron will be clean
Why does المئزر have الـ at the beginning?
الـ is the Arabic definite article, meaning the.
So:
- مئزر = an apron
- المئزر = the apron
In this sentence, the noun is definite, which is very common for the topic or subject of a nominal sentence.
Why is نظيف not also definite? Why not النظيف?