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Arabic grammar B2 · Lesson 2 of 4

Kāna, inna and their sisters

(was) and its sisters, , , , put the predicate in the accusative. An indefinite predicate then ends in an extra alif: , but .

(indeed) and its sisters, , , , , put the subject in the accusative instead: . The ending changes only where it shows: .

The extra alif is not written after taa marbuta: .

Examples

  • كان الجو باردا أمس.
  • أصبح أخي طبيبا.
  • ليس الامتحان صعبا.
  • إن العلم نور.
  • أعرف أن الطريق طويل.