رَأَيْتُ هَذَا الطَّالِبَ.
Translation: I saw this student.
رَأَيْتُ: past verb + subject tāʾ. هَذَا: demonstrative, indeclinable, in the accusative position as object. الطَّالِبَ: identifying apposition, accusative with fatḥa.
The demonstrative remains unchanged, even though its syntactic position is accusative.
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Demonstratives — forms, syntax and usage
رَأَيْتُ هَذَا الطَّالِبَ.
Translation: I saw this student.
رَأَيْتُ: past verb + subject tāʾ. هَذَا: demonstrative, indeclinable, in the accusative position as object. الطَّالِبَ: identifying apposition, accusative with fatḥa.
The demonstrative remains unchanged, even though its syntactic position is accusative.