LessonsAl-Kināyāt — Kam, its Tamyīz and Syntactic PositionsQuiz

كَمْ شَهْرٍ صَوْمِي!
كَمْ: declarative, a fronted duration predicate in the nominative position.
شَهْرٍ: genitive declarative tamyīz.
صَوْمِي: delayed topic; its nominative vowel is estimated because of the first-person yāʾ, which is a genitive muḍāf ilayh.

The preceding example used accusative yawman; this one uses genitive shahrin. Both retain predicative kam.

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A second duration predicate

Al-Kināyāt — Kam, its Tamyīz and Syntactic Positions

كَمْ شَهْرٍ صَوْمِي!
كَمْ: declarative, a fronted duration predicate in the nominative position.
شَهْرٍ: genitive declarative tamyīz.
صَوْمِي: delayed topic; its nominative vowel is estimated because of the first-person yāʾ, which is a genitive muḍāf ilayh.

The preceding example used accusative yawman; this one uses genitive shahrin. Both retain predicative kam.