closely examine the following English passive sentences found in the data and their Arabic translations: (57) ... comets were concentrated in a cloud. ... almudhdhannaba:t ka:nat murakkaza fi: (58) The inner coma is composed. wadhu?a:ba dda:khiliyya mu?allafa (59) The final barrier is formed by... nniha:?i mu?allaf min... It can be seen that the passive verbal constructions in all the above sentences refer to rather than or actions, i.e. in each states io processes sentence there is a quality attributed to the NP. Arabic translators of the English source text must have sensed this and consequently opted for the use of a passive participle in the Arabic translation of each of the above three sentences, as well as in other similar sentences in the source text. The distinction between patient-state and patient-process could be further demonstrated if we examined the following Arabic sentences: (60) ashshuba:ku maksu:r (61) laqad kusira shshuba:k (62) tamma kasru shshuba:k (63) ka:na shshuba:k maksu:r The above four sentences can be translated into English as follows: (64) The window is broken. for sentence (60) above, and
closely examine the following English passive sentences found in the data and their Arabic translations: (57) ... comets were concentrated in a cloud. ... almudhdhannaba:t ka:nat murakkaza fi: (58) The inner coma is composed. wadhu?a:ba dda:khiliyya mu?allafa (59) The final barrier is formed by... nniha:?i mu?allaf min... It can be seen that the passive verbal constructions in all the above sentences refer to states rather than io processes or actions, i.e. in each sentence there is a quality attributed to the NP. Arabic translators of the English source text must have sensed this and consequently opted for the use of a passive participle in the Arabic translation of each of the above three sentences, as well as in other similar sentences in the source text. The distinction between patient-state and patient-process could be further demonstrated if we examined the following Arabic sentences: (60) ashshuba:ku maksu:r (61) laqad kusira shshuba:k (62) tamma kasru shshuba:k (63) ka:na shshuba:k maksu:r The above four sentences can be translated into English as follows: (64) The window is broken. for sentence (60) above, and