Questions & Answers about بطارية هاتفي ضعيفة في المساء، ولذلك أشحنه في المكتب.
Why does بطارية هاتفي mean my phone’s battery?
This is an iḍāfa construction, often called a genitive/possessive construction.
- بطارية = battery
- هاتفي = my phone
So literally it is battery of my phone.
A few important things about iḍāfa:
- The first noun usually does not take الـ.
- The second noun makes the whole phrase definite here, because هاتفي already means my phone.
- So بطارية هاتفي = the battery of my phone / my phone’s battery.
Why is هاتفي written with -ي at the end?
The -ي is the possessive suffix meaning my.
- هاتف = phone
- هاتفي = my phone
So in بطارية هاتفي, the second noun is possessed: my phone.
This suffix is very common in Arabic:
- كتابي = my book
- بيتي = my house
- سيارتي = my car
Why is ضعيفة feminine?
Because it describes بطارية, and is a noun.