Questions & Answers about الاجتماع الذي لدينا اليوم في غرفة كبيرة قرب المكتب.
Why is there no verb (like is/was/will be) in this sentence?
Arabic often uses a verbless (nominal) sentence in the present tense. So a sentence like الاجتماع ... في غرفة... can mean The meeting ... is in a room... without adding هو or يكون.
If you want to be extra explicit or change tense, you can add:
- Present (more formal/emphatic): الاجتماع ... هو في غرفة...
- Future: سيكون الاجتماع ... في غرفة...
- Past: كان الاجتماع ... في غرفة...
What exactly is الذي doing here?
الذي is a relative pronoun meaning who/which/that (masculine singular). It introduces a relative clause describing الاجتماع:
الاجتماع الذي لدينا = the meeting that we have (scheduled).
Why is it الذي (masculine), not التي (feminine)?
Because الاجتماع (the meeting) is grammatically masculine singular in Arabic, so the relative pronoun must match it:
- masculine singular: الذي
- feminine singular: التي
- plural: الذين / اللاتي / التي (depending on type and style)