LessonsIntransitive and Transitive Verbs: One, Two, Three ObjectsQuiz

وَهَذِهِ الْأَفْعَالُ السَّبْعَةُ مَفْعُولُهَا الْأَوَّلُ مَعَ الْأَخِيرَيْنِ كَمَفْعُولَي أَعْطَيْتُ فِي جَوَازِ الِاقْتِصَارِ عَلَى أَحَدِهِمَا
Translation: For these seven verbs, the first object versus the last two taken together behave like the two objects of aʿṭaytu, in that either side may be left unexpressed.
Like recipient and gift in aʿṭaytu, the recipient and the complete information unit can occur independently. But the two parts of the proposition remain linked.

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Author’s Rule: First versus Last Pair

Intransitive and Transitive Verbs: One, Two, Three Objects

وَهَذِهِ الْأَفْعَالُ السَّبْعَةُ مَفْعُولُهَا الْأَوَّلُ مَعَ الْأَخِيرَيْنِ كَمَفْعُولَي أَعْطَيْتُ فِي جَوَازِ الِاقْتِصَارِ عَلَى أَحَدِهِمَا
Translation: For these seven verbs, the first object versus the last two taken together behave like the two objects of aʿṭaytu, in that either side may be left unexpressed.
Like recipient and gift in aʿṭaytu, the recipient and the complete information unit can occur independently. But the two parts of the proposition remain linked.