Word
صديقتي لا تذهب إلى الجامعة اليوم لانها مريضة.
Meaning
My friend is not going to the university today because she is sick.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about صديقتي لا تذهب إلى الجامعة اليوم لانها مريضة.
What does صديقتي mean exactly, and what is the ـي at the end?
صديقتي means my female friend.
It is made of:
- صديقة = female friend
- ـي = my
So:
- صديقة = a female friend
- صديقتي = my female friend
If the friend were male, you would say صديقي.
Why does the sentence begin with صديقتي instead of starting with the verb?
Arabic can often use either:
- noun first: صديقتي لا تذهب...
- verb first: لا تذهب صديقتي...
Both are possible in MSA.
Starting with صديقتي makes the sentence feel a bit more like As for my friend, she is not going... or simply puts the topic first. This is very normal Arabic word order.
So this sentence is perfectly natural, and the noun-first order helps make the subject very clear right away.
Why is the verb تذهب and not يذهب?
Because the subject is feminine singular: صديقتي.
The verb ذهب means to go. In the present tense:
- يذهب = he goes