LessonsAl-Kināyāt — Kam, its Tamyīz and Syntactic PositionsQuiz

وَخَبَرِيَّةٍ، وَمَا بَعْدَهَا مَجْرُورٌ مُفْرَدٌ، نَحْوُ: «كَمْ مَالٍ أَنْفَقْتَهُ»، أَوْ مَجْمُوعٌ، نَحْوُ: «كَمْ رِجَالٍ لَقِيتُهُمْ»، وَمَعْنَاهَا التَّكْثِيرُ.
Translation: The second use is declarative or exclamatory. Its tamyīz is genitive and may be singular (“How much wealth I spent!”) or plural (“How many men I met!”); it conveys abundance.

Declarative kam expresses many or much rather than asking for a count. Both «مَالٍ» and «رِجَالٍ» are genitive in the book’s examples. Do not classify every kam as a question.

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Declarative kam and its tamyīz

Al-Kināyāt — Kam, its Tamyīz and Syntactic Positions

وَخَبَرِيَّةٍ، وَمَا بَعْدَهَا مَجْرُورٌ مُفْرَدٌ، نَحْوُ: «كَمْ مَالٍ أَنْفَقْتَهُ»، أَوْ مَجْمُوعٌ، نَحْوُ: «كَمْ رِجَالٍ لَقِيتُهُمْ»، وَمَعْنَاهَا التَّكْثِيرُ.
Translation: The second use is declarative or exclamatory. Its tamyīz is genitive and may be singular (“How much wealth I spent!”) or plural (“How many men I met!”); it conveys abundance.

Declarative kam expresses many or much rather than asking for a count. Both «مَالٍ» and «رِجَالٍ» are genitive in the book’s examples. Do not classify every kam as a question.