Example and grammatical analysis
Arabic exampleMeaningGrammatical point
ضَرَبْتُ زَيْدًاI struck Zayd.Zaydan is the direct object.
ضَرَبْتُ ضَرْبًاI certainly struck.Ḍarban is an emphatic absolute object.
سِرْتُ سَيْرَ الْعَالِمِI walked as a scholar walks.The verbal noun clarifies the type.
ضَرَبْتُ ضَرْبَتَيْنِI struck twice.The verbal noun clarifies the number.