Inflection and Its Signs: Worked Examples

Level 16: Inflection and Its Signs

Example and grammatical analysis

Arabic exampleMeaningGrammatical point
جَاءَ زَيْدٌZayd came.nominative with ḍammah
رَأَيْتُ زَيْدًاI saw Zayd.accusative with fatḥah
مَرَرْتُ بِزَيْدٍI passed by Zayd.genitive with kasrah
جَاءَ الْمُسْلِمُونَThe Muslims came.nominative with wāw