هو ينتظر الحافلة عند محطة القطار.

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Breakdown of هو ينتظر الحافلة عند محطة القطار.

• الحافلة: bus
• القطار: train
• محطة: station

Questions & Answers about هو ينتظر الحافلة عند محطة القطار.

Is هو necessary here, or could the sentence just be ينتظر الحافلة عند محطة القطار?

هو is not strictly necessary here.

Arabic often leaves the subject pronoun unstated because the verb already tells you the person, number, and gender.
So:

• هو ينتظر الحافلة عند محطة القطار = He is waiting for the bus at the train station
• ينتظر الحافلة عند محطة القطار = also He is waiting for the bus at the train station

Including هو can make the sentence feel a little more explicit or emphatic, especially in beginner examples.

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Why does ينتظر mean is waiting and not just waits?

In Modern Standard Arabic, the present tense often covers both:

• he waits
• he is waiting

So ينتظر can mean either, depending on context.

Arabic does not need a separate verb like is to form the present progressive. In English we say:

• He is waiting

But in Arabic, just the present verb is enough:

• هو ينتظر

If you want to make the action especially continuous or ongoing, Arabic can sometimes use extra words, but in a simple sentence like this, ينتظر is perfectly normal.

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