LessonsNoun Case Class 9 — Sound Masculine Plural with MyQuiz

The last yāʾ of جَاءَنِي is a direct object pronoun attached to the verb: “me.”

The final first-person yāʾ in مُسْلِمِيَّ is a possessive complement (muḍāf ilayh): “my Muslims.”

Difference: the first pronoun has an accusative syntactic position; the second has a genitive syntactic position.

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Two Different First-Person Pronouns

Noun Case Class 9 — Sound Masculine Plural with My

The last yāʾ of جَاءَنِي is a direct object pronoun attached to the verb: “me.”

The final first-person yāʾ in مُسْلِمِيَّ is a possessive complement (muḍāf ilayh): “my Muslims.”

Difference: the first pronoun has an accusative syntactic position; the second has a genitive syntactic position.