الجار الجديد يسكن في هذا الحي قرب السوق.

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Breakdown of الجار الجديد يسكن في هذا الحي قرب السوق.

• في: in
• جديد: new
• قرب: near

Questions & Answers about الجار الجديد يسكن في هذا الحي قرب السوق.

Why is الجديد placed after الجار?

Because in Arabic, adjectives normally come after the noun they describe.

So:

• الجار = the neighbor
• الجديد = the new

Together, الجار الجديد literally follows the pattern the neighbor the-new, but in natural English we say the new neighbor.

Also, the adjective must agree with the noun in:

• definiteness
• gender
• number
• case

Why do both الجار and الجديد have الـ?

Because the noun is definite, the adjective must also be definite.

So:

• جار جديد = a new neighbor
• الجار الجديد = the new neighbor

This is a very common rule in Arabic: if the noun has الـ, the adjective describing it usually has الـ too.

What tense is يسكن?

يسكن is the imperfect form, which often corresponds to the English present.

Here it means something like:

• lives
• is living
• resides

In this sentence, the most natural English meaning is lives.