أريد أن أضع هذه الصورة قرب الحاسوب، لا قرب الباب.

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Breakdown of أريد أن أضع هذه الصورة قرب الحاسوب، لا قرب الباب.

• يريد: to want
• أن: (subordinating particle)
• يضع: to put

Questions & Answers about أريد أن أضع هذه الصورة قرب الحاسوب، لا قرب الباب.

Why is there أن after أريد?

After أريد (I want), Arabic normally uses أن + a present-tense verb to express what English often expresses with to + verb.

So:

• أريد أن أضع = I want to put

Literally, it is something like I want that I place, but the natural English translation is simply I want to put.

Why is أضع in the present tense if the meaning is to put?

In Arabic, the present-tense verb after أن often corresponds to the English infinitive.

So even though أضع is a present-form verb, in أن أضع it means to put / to place, not I am putting.

This is very common:

• أريد أن أكتب = I want to write
• أحب أن أقرأ = I like to read

What is happening grammatically to أضع after أن?

After أن, the present-tense verb is normally in the subjunctive.

So the fully vocalized form would be:

• أضعَ

But in normal Arabic writing, short vowels are usually omitted, so you just see:

• أضع

That means a learner often has to know from grammar, not from spelling alone, that the verb is subjunctive here.