FormBasic forceContextual refinement
قَامَPast occurrenceأمس can specify when
يَقُومُPresent/future scopeالآن or سـ selects a reading
قَائِمٌQuality of standingأمس or الآن can supply time
A noun is not incapable of expressing something temporal: «زَيْدٌ قَائِمٌ الآن» clearly describes a present state. The distinction is that the morphology of the verb indicates temporal orientation in a characteristic way, whereas the noun does not specify one of these times in the same fashion.
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The Predicate as a Single Expression: Causal Linkage, Clauses, Verbs and Nouns
FormBasic forceContextual refinement
قَامَPast occurrenceأمس can specify when
يَقُومُPresent/future scopeالآن or سـ selects a reading
قَائِمٌQuality of standingأمس or الآن can supply time
A noun is not incapable of expressing something temporal: «زَيْدٌ قَائِمٌ الآن» clearly describes a present state. The distinction is that the morphology of the verb indicates temporal orientation in a characteristic way, whereas the noun does not specify one of these times in the same fashion.