The command verb, or the امر , is different from other verb conjugations previously covered in the sense that a command is usually directed towards a second person e.g eat! or stop!; thus, the construction of 2nd person command verb in Arabic is different from that of other conjugations of the same. Also, at first, it seems rather odd that we can even have a command verb in 1stor 3rdperson conjugations. Continue reading
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Nahw – Attached Pronouns: their Grammatical States
A pronoun is a substitute of for a noun. Thus, you can say This is Zaid’s book or you can say This is his book, the his being the pronoun. Similarly, you can say I gave the book to Zaid and Amr as well as I gave the book to them, the them being the pronoun here. Continue reading