Demonstratives — forms, syntax and usage

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• What is the mushār ilayh?
• In the text, «ذَا» primarily indicates what?
• Which case is signalled by the alif in «هَذَانِ»?
• In which two cases is «هَذَيْنِ» used?
• What does «هَاتَانِ» indicate?
• Parse «هَاتَيْنِ» in «رَأَيْتُ هَاتَيْنِ الْمُعَلِّمَتَيْنِ».
• Which base form is used for both masculine and feminine plurals?
• What is the opening «هَا» in «هَذَا»?
• What is the grammatical role of «كَ» in «ذَلِكَ»?
• What is the kāf in «كِتَابُكَ»?
• In the book’s distance scheme, which is intermediate?
• Parse «هَذَا» in «هَذَا الطَّالِبُ مُجْتَهِدٌ».
• What is «الطَّالِبُ» in that sentence?
• What is the syntactic position of «هَذَا» in «رَأَيْتُ هَذَا الطَّالِبَ»?
• What is the case marking on «الطَّالِبِ» after «بِهَذَا»?
• What is «كِتَابٌ» in «هَذَا كِتَابٌ»?
• Identify the predicate in «هَذَا الْكِتَابُ مُفِيدٌ».
• Why is «هَذَيْنِ» accusative in «رَأَيْتُ هَذَيْنِ»?
• Why is «هَذَيْنِ» genitive in «مَرَرْتُ بِهَذَيْنِ»?
• Why does «هَؤُلَاءِ» retain its ending across cases?
• What is the predicate of «هَؤُلَاءِ الطَّالِبَاتُ مُجْتَهِدَاتٌ»?
• What is the sound approach to the book’s rare feminine forms?
• Why is parsing the kāf in «ذَلِكَ» as muḍāf ilayh wrong?
• What does the book’s “five × five = 25” refer to?
• How do «هَذَا» and «هَذَانِ» differ in inflection?
• Which is the feminine distant demonstrative?
• If the address kāf takes feminine vocalization, what does it describe?
• What is «الطالبةُ» in that sentence?
• Distinguish the two hā forms correctly.
• Why do both dual forms take alif in «هَاتَانِ طَالِبَتَانِ»?
• How does “kitāb” function in the two model sentences?
• What is the syntactic position of «هؤلاء» in «مَرَرْتُ بِهَؤُلَاءِ»?
• Within the author’s scheme, dhā indicates which distance?
• Parse «صادقٌ» in «هذا الرجلُ صادقٌ».
• What is the syntactic position of «هذه» in «رأيت هذه الطالبة»?
• Why can «هؤلاء» refer to a feminine plural?
• What does «كُمْ» in «ذَاكُمْ» mark?
• How do you determine the case of «هذين»?
• Can you assign a precise case position to «هذا» in isolation?
• Under which class does the book list «ذِي»?
• Which contrast between «هذان» and «هذين» is correct?
• How should «الرجل» following «هذا» be recognized?
• When does «هذين» replace «هذه» appropriately?
• What is the core «ذا» within «هذا»?
• What contributes the distance marking in «ذلك»?
• «هؤلاء» is restricted to masculine plural referents.
• «هذان» is nominative and «هذين» is accusative/genitive.
• «هذا» can function as subject or object according to its syntactic position.
• The address kāf of «ذلك» is always a genitive possessor.
• In the book’s scheme, «ذاك» is intermediate and «ذلك» distant.
• The yāʾ of «هاتين» occurs in both accusative and genitive.
• «كتاب» is apposition in «هذا كتاب».
• «مفيد» is the predicate in «هذا الكتاب مفيد».
• The final yāʾ of «هذين» proves genitive case without context.
• All rare feminine demonstrative variants are equally common in everyday Arabic.
• Plural addressee marking in «ذاكم» does not require a plural referent.
• The six meanings come from masculine/feminine × singular/dual/plural.