هو يؤكد الموعد أو يغير الموعد، ثم يملأ الاستمارة.

he

Breakdown of هو يؤكد الموعد أو يغير الموعد، ثم يملأ الاستمارة.

• ثم: then
• أو: or
• يؤكد الموعد: to confirm the appointment

Questions & Answers about هو يؤكد الموعد أو يغير الموعد، ثم يملأ الاستمارة.

Why does the sentence begin with هو if the verb already tells us he?

In Arabic, the verb form يؤكد already means he confirms, so هو is not strictly necessary.

You can say:

• يؤكد الموعد أو يغير الموعد، ثم يملأ الاستمارة.

and it still means He confirms the appointment or changes the appointment, then fills out the form.

Adding هو can do a few things:

• make the subject extra clear
• add slight emphasis
• sound more natural in some teaching examples

So هو here is optional, not required.

What verb form is يؤكد?

يؤكد is the present/imperfect form of the verb أكّدَ, which means to confirm or to emphasize, depending on context.

Here it means to confirm.

A useful breakdown:

• past: أكّدَ = he confirmed
• present: يؤكّدُ = he confirms / he is confirming

This is a Form II verb, which often has a doubled middle consonant. You can see that in the شدة on ك:

• يؤكِّد

That doubling is an important part of the verb pattern.

Why is الموعد repeated twice instead of using a pronoun like it?