مع أنني متعبة، لا أزال أنظر في الدفتر حتى أفهم الدرس جيدا.

Although I am tired, I still look in the notebook until I understand the lesson well.

Breakdown of مع أنني متعبة، لا أزال أنظر في الدفتر حتى أفهم الدرس جيدا.

• في: in
• متعب: tired
• الدرس: lesson
• يفهم: to understand

Questions & Answers about مع أنني متعبة، لا أزال أنظر في الدفتر حتى أفهم الدرس جيدا.

What does مع أنني mean literally, and how is it built?

مع أنني means although I... / even though I...

It is built from:

• مع أن = although / even though
• ني = me / I attached to أن

So:

• مع أنني متعبة = although I am tired

You can think of مع أن as a fixed connector that introduces a concessive clause.

Where is the word am in أنني متعبة?

Arabic usually does not use a present-tense verb meaning am/is/are in sentences like this.

So:

• أنا متعبة literally looks like I tired
• but it means I am tired

The same thing happens after أن:

• أنني متعبة = that I am tired

This is a normal feature of Arabic nominal sentences in the present tense.

Why is it متعبة and not متعب?

Because the speaker is feminine.

• متعبة = tired, said by/about a female
• متعب = tired, said by/about a male

So this sentence is being said by a woman or girl. If a male were speaking, it would be: