بعض الأعراض مهمة.

important

Breakdown of بعض الأعراض مهمة.

• الأعراض: symptoms
• بعض: some

Questions & Answers about بعض الأعراض مهمة.

Why is there no word for are in this sentence?

Because this is a nominal sentence in the present tense. In Modern Standard Arabic, the verb to be is usually not expressed in the present.

So Arabic says:

• بعض الأعراض مهمة
• literally: some symptoms important

but in natural English that becomes some symptoms are important.

If you wanted the past or future, Arabic would normally use a verb such as كان:

• كانت بعض الأعراض مهمة = Some symptoms were important

What exactly is بعض here?

بعض is a noun meaning some, part, or a portion.

In this sentence, it functions as the first part of an iḍāfa (possessive/genitive construction):

• بعضُ الأعراضِ

Literally, that is something like some of the symptoms or a part of the symptoms.

So بعض is not just a simple adjective like English some. Grammatically, it is a noun that is completed by the word after it.

Why is الأعراض in that form after بعض?

Because بعض الأعراض is an iḍāfa construction.

In an iḍāfa:

• the first noun is the main word: