For an unfamiliar sentence: 1. Is the noun indefinite or definite?
2. Does anything intervene between lā and its noun?
3. Is the noun a construct, quasi-construct, or single non-construct expression?
4. Distinguish a declinable accusative from an indeclinable form in the accusative position.
5. Identify the predicate, even where it is unexpressed.
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Decision Procedure for New Sentences
Ism Inna and the Noun Governed by Lā of Generic Negation
For an unfamiliar sentence: 1. Is the noun indefinite or definite?
2. Does anything intervene between lā and its noun?
3. Is the noun a construct, quasi-construct, or single non-construct expression?
4. Distinguish a declinable accusative from an indeclinable form in the accusative position.
5. Identify the predicate, even where it is unexpressed.