LessonsAl-Ḥāl: Definition, Its Referent, Governing Element and TypesQuiz

زَيْدٌ فِي الدَّارِ قَائِمًا
Translation: Zayd is in the house, standing.

زَيْدٌ: nominative topic.
فِي: preposition.
الدَّارِ: genitive after fī.
فِي الدَّارِ: prepositional phrase attached to an understood predicate (e.g., mustaqirr).
قَائِمًا: accusative ḥāl describing Zayd, governed by the understood sense of being situated.

Qāʾiman is not the predicate accidentally made accusative: the location supplies the predicate, while qāʾiman adds a circumstance.

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Full Parsing: Zayd in the House, Standing

Al-Ḥāl: Definition, Its Referent, Governing Element and Types

زَيْدٌ فِي الدَّارِ قَائِمًا
Translation: Zayd is in the house, standing.

زَيْدٌ: nominative topic.
فِي: preposition.
الدَّارِ: genitive after fī.
فِي الدَّارِ: prepositional phrase attached to an understood predicate (e.g., mustaqirr).
قَائِمًا: accusative ḥāl describing Zayd, governed by the understood sense of being situated.

Qāʾiman is not the predicate accidentally made accusative: the location supplies the predicate, while qāʾiman adds a circumstance.