هو يستعمل الحاسوب الجديد في المكتب.

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Breakdown of هو يستعمل الحاسوب الجديد في المكتب.

• هو: he
• جديد: new
• الحاسوب: computer

Questions & Answers about هو يستعمل الحاسوب الجديد في المكتب.

Why is هو included? Doesn’t يستعمل already mean he uses?

Yes. In Arabic, the verb يستعمل already tells you the subject is he.

So this sentence could also be simply:

يستعمل الحاسوب الجديد في المكتب.

Adding هو can do a few things:

• make the subject extra clear
• add slight emphasis, like he uses it
• sound more natural in some teaching examples

So هو is not strictly necessary here, but it is perfectly correct.

What tense is يستعمل?

يستعمل is in the imperfect form. In Modern Standard Arabic, the imperfect can express:

• present: he uses / he is using
• habitual action: he uses
• sometimes future, if the context or a future marker shows that

In this sentence, the natural reading is present or habitual: he uses or he is using.

Does يستعمل mean uses or is using?

It can mean either one.

Arabic does not always make the same strict distinction that English makes between:

• he uses
• he is using

The context decides. So هو يستعمل الحاسوب الجديد في المكتب could mean: