الممرضة تقيس ضغط الدم.

The nurse is measuring blood pressure.

Breakdown of الممرضة تقيس ضغط الدم.

• ممرضة: nurse
• يقيس ضغط الدم: to measure blood pressure

Questions & Answers about الممرضة تقيس ضغط الدم.

Why does الممرضة have الـ at the beginning?

الـ is the Arabic definite article, equivalent to the in English. So الممرضة means the nurse, not just a nurse.

In this sentence, all three nouns are definite:

• الممرضة = the nurse
• ضغط becomes definite because it is linked to الدم
• الدم = the blood

Arabic often uses definiteness a bit differently from English, but here it matches English quite closely.

Why is the verb تقيس and not something else?

تقيس is the present-tense form of the verb قاسَ / يَقيسُ meaning to measure.

It is تقيس because the subject الممرضة is:

• third person
• singular
• feminine

In the present tense, a singular feminine subject usually takes a verb beginning with تـ.

Compare:

• هو يقيس = he measures
• هي تقيس = she measures

Since الممرضة is feminine, تقيس is the correct form.

How do I know الممرضة is feminine?