Learn Hardcore Arabic (Modern Standard): ثم تضع أمي الزيت في قدر كبير وتبدأ بطبخ اللحم على نار هادئة. - Then my mother puts oil in a big pot and starts cooking the meat over low heat.

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ثم تضع أمي الزيت في قدر كبير وتبدأ بطبخ اللحم على نار هادئة.

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Then my mother puts oil in a big pot and starts cooking the meat over low heat.

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Breakdown of ثم تضع أمي الزيت في قدر كبير وتبدأ بطبخ اللحم على نار هادئة.

Why does the sentence begin with ثم instead of و?

ثم means then, and it shows sequence: one action happens after another.

In a recipe or set of instructions, ثم is very common because it helps show the order of steps.

So:

It suggests this is the next step after something mentioned earlier.

Why is the verb تضع and not something else?

The verb تضع comes from وضع = to put / place.

Here it means she puts, because the subject is أمي (my mother), which is feminine singular.

In the present tense:

So in this sentence, تضع is correct because أمي is she.

Why is أمي written this way, and what exactly does it mean?

أمي means my mother.