LessonsAl-Kināyāt — Kam, its Tamyīz and Syntactic PositionsQuiz

كَمْ رَجُلًا أَخُوكَ؟
كَمْ: interrogative, fixed on sukūn; the source classifies it as a nominative-position topic.
رَجُلًا: accusative tamyīz.
أَخُوكَ: the “six nouns” pattern: akhū is nominative with wāw, and ka is the genitive attached pronoun.

This somewhat artificial question serves as a syntactic illustration, not a model of ordinary conversation.

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Al-Kināyāt — Kam, its Tamyīz and Syntactic Positions

كَمْ رَجُلًا أَخُوكَ؟
كَمْ: interrogative, fixed on sukūn; the source classifies it as a nominative-position topic.
رَجُلًا: accusative tamyīz.
أَخُوكَ: the “six nouns” pattern: akhū is nominative with wāw, and ka is the genitive attached pronoun.

This somewhat artificial question serves as a syntactic illustration, not a model of ordinary conversation.