The verb " to like" and the possessive pronouns
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1/ هل حضرتك هنا لأول مرة I read this sentence, and I am wondering if we can form the verb using the possessive pronouns. Can we?
Also could we say هل تحضر\ تحضرين هنا لأول مرة ?
2/ المناظر الطبيعية تعجبني For this sentence we couldn't say المناظر الطبيعية أعجبها?
3/ اعجبك I like you - اعجبتك I liked you
اعجبه I like it
تاعجبه You like him - تاعجبها You like her (2nd person masculine singular)
تاعجبينه You like him - تاعجبينها You like her (2nd person feminine singular)
اعجبتَه You liked him
And so on. I try to conjugate the verb أَعْجَبَ with the possesive pronouns. Is it correct? If it is not could you conjugate the verb correctly? :)
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I think you have been mislead by that sentence. The word حضرتك and the other forms حضرات حضرتكم... are used only in respectful manner. For example حضرة فخامة الرئيس, or حضرات السادة والسادات المشاهدين. That word was coined in Egypt around one century ago. So instead of using it simply you can say هل انت هنا للمرة الاولة. Also, you can't used to mean your presence. For example, your presence pleased me in Arabic would be حضورك أسعدني. Sorry, I couldn't understand the rest of your question. I hope my answer was a little bit helpful for you.
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Well, Etoile24.
1- It's confusing, but let us first agree that the verb حَضَرَ = to attend/ to be present there , and the noun حَضْرَةٌ are two different things.
Ex. حَضَرَ الوزيرُ اللقاءَ = The minister attended the meeting.
(We can conjugate this verb normally, and we can add personal pronouns as accusative object. But we can't use possessive suffix with the verb.)
Ex. لا أستطيع الكلام في حضرته = I can't speak in his attendance (while he is there).
We use the word حضرتك as a polite, or an official form instead of "YOU" , it means something like "Yours Excellency" .
2- أعجب & أحب are also two different verbs. When you say "I like someone or something" , you can simply use the verb (أحب - يحب) (أحب المناظر الطبيعية/ أحب السفر بالطائرة).
But أعجب means the feelings reflected on you, when you wonder something.
Like "أعجبني الطعام / أعجبتني الأغنية / أعجبني الدرس / أعجبني شرح الدرس" That means: the food was wonderful or delicious for me / the song bought me to ecstasy / the lesson was wonderful ....
3- When you ask someone: هل أعجبتُكَ؟ /هل أعجبتُكي؟ this means, you are asking if you could touch his/her feelings.
I hope, it could help.
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(1)yes you can use the possessive pronouns. also it is right to say ؟هل تحضر\ تحضرين هنا لأول مرة
(2)you can use "أعجبتها" not "أعجبها" because this word"المناظر الطبيعية" is feminine .
(3)I like you مُعجب بك/تُعجبني
I liked you أُعجِبتُ بك /أعجبتني
I like it يعجبني/تعجبني
You like him انت مُعجب به /انتي مُعجبة به
You like herانت مُعجب بها/انتي مُعجبة بها
You liked himأُعجِبتَ به/أعجبك
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Thank you very much for your answers!! :) They were very helpful !! ^_^
In conclusion, if we use the possesive pronouns كَ, كِ ,كم, كن, ه ,ها, we use them in a respectful manner (like yours/his Excellency) and it is not very ordinary to use them with the verbs. Isn't it?
Some questions came to my mind related to your answers
1/ As I read the conjugation of the verb like I noticed that the litterary translation of the verb for example in the form تُعجبني is you are liked by me (I like you).
2/ The form I like it يعجبني/تعجبني is the same for the third person I like him/her?
3/ And the form انت مُعجب به exactly means You are admirer of him?
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