LessonsDemonstratives — forms, syntax and usageQuiz

رَأَيْتُ هَذَيْنِ الطَّالِبَيْنِ.
Translation: I saw these two students.

هَذَيْنِ: accusative dual demonstrative, object marked by yāʾ. الطَّالِبَيْنِ: accusative apposition with yāʾ.

Yāʾ here marks the accusative because the verb makes the demonstrative its object.

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Masculine dual: accusative

Demonstratives — forms, syntax and usage

رَأَيْتُ هَذَيْنِ الطَّالِبَيْنِ.
Translation: I saw these two students.

هَذَيْنِ: accusative dual demonstrative, object marked by yāʾ. الطَّالِبَيْنِ: accusative apposition with yāʾ.

Yāʾ here marks the accusative because the verb makes the demonstrative its object.