Word
الممرضة في العيادة قرب مكتب الاستقبال.
Meaning
The nurse is in the clinic near the reception desk.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Questions & Answers about الممرضة في العيادة قرب مكتب الاستقبال.
Why is there no word for is in this sentence?
In Modern Standard Arabic, the present-tense verb to be is usually not written or spoken in simple sentences like this.
So:
- الممرضة = the nurse
- في العيادة قرب مكتب الاستقبال = in the clinic near the reception desk
Together, they naturally mean The nurse is in the clinic near the reception desk.
If you wanted the past tense, Arabic would usually add a verb, for example كانت for was.
What does الممرضة mean exactly, and why does it end in ة?
الممرضة means the nurse and it is feminine.
The ending ة (called taa marbuuTa) often marks feminine nouns in Arabic. So:
- ممرضة = female nurse
- ممرض = male nurse
Because the sentence uses الممرضة, it specifically refers to a female nurse.
Why are there so many الـ prefixes in the sentence?
الـ is the Arabic definite article, equivalent to the.
In this sentence, it appears on:
- الممرضة = the nurse
- العيادة =