Word
الممرضة تقيس درجة الحرارة.
Meaning
The nurse is measuring the temperature.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Breakdown of الممرضة تقيس درجة الحرارة.
ممرضةmumarridah
nurse
يقيس درجة الحرارةyaqîsu darajata al-ḥarârati
to measure the temperature
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Questions & Answers about الممرضة تقيس درجة الحرارة.
How do I pronounce الممرضة تقيس درجة الحرارة?
A careful MSA pronunciation is:
al-mumarriḍatu taqīsu darajata al-ḥarārati
A few notes:
- الممرضة = al-mumarriḍatu
- تقيس = taqīsu
- درجة الحرارة = darajata al-ḥarārati
In normal pausing speech, the case endings are often not pronounced, so you may hear something closer to:
al-mumarriḍa taqīs darajat al-ḥarāra
Also:
- ḍ represents ض
- ḥ represents ح, a stronger h sound from the throat
Why is the verb تقيس and not يقيس?
Because the subject الممرضة is feminine singular.
In the present tense:
- هو يقيس = he measures
- هي تقيس = she measures
Since الممرضة means the nurse and is grammatically feminine, the verb must match it:
- الممرضة تقيس = feminine singular subject + feminine singular verb
What form of the verb is تقيس?
تقيس is the present tense (also called the imperfect) of the verb , meaning .