نَحْوُ: «أَرَجُلٌ فِي الدَّارِ أَمِ امْرَأَةٌ؟»
Translation: Is there a man in the house, or a woman?
أَ: interrogative particle.
رَجُلٌ: nominative indefinite mubtadaʾ licensed by the question.
فِي الدَّارِ: prepositional phrase functioning as predicate.
أَمْ: coordinating alternative marker.
امْرَأَةٌ: nominative coordinate with the first alternative; the shared predicate is understood from context.
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Mubtadaʾ and Khabar — Definition and Foundational Rules
نَحْوُ: «أَرَجُلٌ فِي الدَّارِ أَمِ امْرَأَةٌ؟»
Translation: Is there a man in the house, or a woman?
أَ: interrogative particle.
رَجُلٌ: nominative indefinite mubtadaʾ licensed by the question.
فِي الدَّارِ: prepositional phrase functioning as predicate.
أَمْ: coordinating alternative marker.
امْرَأَةٌ: nominative coordinate with the first alternative; the shared predicate is understood from context.