LessonsIndeclinable Adverbs — Ghāyāt, Time and PlaceQuiz

نَحْوُ: «جِئْتُكَ إِذْ طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ» وَ«إِذِ الشَّمْسُ طَالِعَةٌ».
Translation: For example, “I came when the sun rose,” or “when the sun was rising.”

The example idh al-shamsu ṭāliʿatun contains a nominal clause: al-shamsu is subject and ṭāliʿatun the predicate. Idh introduces the temporal frame but does not itself make those words nominative.

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Idh with a nominal clause

Indeclinable Adverbs — Ghāyāt, Time and Place

نَحْوُ: «جِئْتُكَ إِذْ طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ» وَ«إِذِ الشَّمْسُ طَالِعَةٌ».
Translation: For example, “I came when the sun rose,” or “when the sun was rising.”

The example idh al-shamsu ṭāliʿatun contains a nominal clause: al-shamsu is subject and ṭāliʿatun the predicate. Idh introduces the temporal frame but does not itself make those words nominative.