Breakdown of يجب أن آخذ الدواء قبل العشاء، ويجب أن أنام مبكرا اليوم.
و
and
اليوم
today
أن
(subordinating particle)
قبل
before
Questions & Answers about يجب أن آخذ الدواء قبل العشاء، ويجب أن أنام مبكرا اليوم.
Why does the sentence use يجب twice?
يجب means it is necessary / one must / should. In Arabic, it is very natural to repeat it in each clause:
يجب أن آخذ الدواء قبل العشاء، ويجب أن أنام مبكرا اليوم.
This makes both obligations explicit:
- it is necessary that I take the medicine before dinner
- and it is necessary that I sleep early today
Arabic often prefers this kind of repetition where English might sometimes avoid it.
Why is there أن after يجب?
After يجب, Arabic normally uses أن + present-tense verb to express what must happen.
So:
- يجب أن آخذ = I must take
- يجب أن أنام = I must sleep
A useful pattern is:
يجب أن + verb
Also, أن affects the following present verb grammatically: it puts it into the subjunctive form.
For example:
- آخذُ becomes آخذَ
- أنامُ becomes أنامَ
In normal unvowelled writing, you usually do not see that final vowel, but grammatically it is there.
Why isn’t there a separate word for I in آخذ and أنام?
Because Arabic verbs already include the subject.