هو يغير الموعد.

He is changing the appointment.

Breakdown of هو يغير الموعد.

• هو: he
• يغير الموعد: to change the appointment

Questions & Answers about هو يغير الموعد.

How do you pronounce the sentence?

With full vowels, it is:

هُوَ يُغَيِّرُ الْمَوْعِدَ

A careful reading is:

huwa yughayyiru al-mawʿida

If you stop at the end of the sentence, the final short vowel is usually not pronounced, so you will often hear:

huwa yughayyiru al-mawʿid

A few pronunciation notes:

• هُوَ = huwa
• يُغَيِّرُ has a doubled y sound because of the shadda
• الْمَوْعِدَ contains the consonant ع, which does not exist in English

Why is هو used here? Isn’t يغير already enough to mean he changes?

Yes, يُغَيِّرُ already tells you the subject is he.

So Arabic can say simply:

يُغَيِّرُ الْمَوْعِدَ

and that already means he changes / is changing the appointment.

Adding هو can:

• make the subject clearer
• add emphasis
• create contrast, as in he changes it, not someone else

So هو is not always necessary, but it is perfectly natural.

What tense is يغير?

It is the imperfect verb form in Arabic, which often corresponds to the English present.

Depending on context, it can mean: