Word
رائحة الطعام في المطبخ جميلة، وأمي تقول إن الغداء سيكون لذيذا.
Meaning
The smell of the food in the kitchen is nice, and my mother says lunch will be delicious.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about رائحة الطعام في المطبخ جميلة، وأمي تقول إن الغداء سيكون لذيذا.
What is the fully vocalized version of this sentence?
A fully vocalized version is:
رَائِحَةُ الطَّعَامِ فِي الْمَطْبَخِ جَمِيلَةٌ، وَأُمِّي تَقُولُ إِنَّ الْغَدَاءَ سَيَكُونُ لَذِيذًا.
This helps show the grammar more clearly, especially the case endings:
- رَائِحَةُ = nominative
- جَمِيلَةٌ = nominative
- إِنَّ makes its noun accusative
- لَذِيذًا = accusative because it is the predicate of سَيَكُونُ
Why is it رائحة الطعام and not الرائحة الطعام?
Because رائحة الطعام is an iḍāfa construction, meaning the smell of the food.
In an iḍāfa:
- the first noun usually does not take ال
- the second noun determines whether the whole phrase is definite
So:
- رائحة طعام = a smell of food / food smell
- رائحة الطعام = the smell of the food
Even though English says the smell, Arabic does not add ال to رائحة here. The definiteness comes from الطعام.
What exactly is رائحة here?
رائحة means smell or .