LessonsAl-Murakkabāt — Compound Numerals, the Twelve Exception and Declining BaalbekQuiz

زُرْتُ بَعْلَبَكَّ — I visited Baalbek.
زُرْتُ: past verb plus attached nominative subject pronoun.
بَعْلَ: first part built on fatḥ.
بَكَّ: second part accusative with fatḥah; the whole name is direct object.

The book uses «رَأَيْتُ بَعْلَبَكّ». This more natural travel sentence is an added teaching example applying the same rule.

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A natural sentence using the city name

Al-Murakkabāt — Compound Numerals, the Twelve Exception and Declining Baalbek

زُرْتُ بَعْلَبَكَّ — I visited Baalbek.
زُرْتُ: past verb plus attached nominative subject pronoun.
بَعْلَ: first part built on fatḥ.
بَكَّ: second part accusative with fatḥah; the whole name is direct object.

The book uses «رَأَيْتُ بَعْلَبَكّ». This more natural travel sentence is an added teaching example applying the same rule.