Word
بعد أن تضع أمي الخبز على المائدة، أجلس مع الضيفة وأشرب قهوة.
Meaning
After my mother puts the bread on the table, I sit with the guest and drink coffee.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Lesson
Breakdown of بعد أن تضع أمي الخبز على المائدة، أجلس مع الضيفة وأشرب قهوة.
ي
my
و
and
قهوة
coffee
يشرب
to drink
Questions & Answers about بعد أن تضع أمي الخبز على المائدة، أجلس مع الضيفة وأشرب قهوة.
How does أمي mean my mother? Where is the word for my?
In Arabic, possession is often shown by attaching a pronoun to the noun instead of using a separate word.
- أم = mother
- أمي = my mother
The ending ـي means my. So أمي is literally mother-my.
This is very common in Arabic:
- بيتي = my house
- كتابي = my book
- أخي = my brother
What does بعد أن mean, and why is أن included?
بعد أن means after followed by a whole verb clause, like after my mother puts...
- بعد = after
- أن introduces a verb
So:
- بعد أن تضع أمي الخبز... = after my mother puts the bread...
In English, we just say after + clause. In Arabic, أن is a normal way to connect بعد to a verb phrase in formal language.
Why is the verb تضع and not something that clearly means she puts?
Because in the Arabic imperfect, the form تضع can match more than one meaning when written without vowels. Context tells you which one is intended.