Example and grammatical analysis
Arabic exampleMeaningGrammatical point
جَاءَ زَيْدٌZayd came.Zayd is the nominative doer.
جَاءَ الرِّجَالُThe men came.The plural doer follows a singular verb in verb-first order.
ضُرِبَ زَيْدٌZayd was struck.Zayd is the deputy subject.
فُتِحَ الْبَابُThe door was opened.The door is the nominative deputy subject.