Noun Case Classes: Type 4 — The Six Nouns

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• Which signs mark the three cases of the six nouns?
• What is the role of «أَخُو» in «جَاءَ أَخُوكَ»?
• Which sign marks the accusative in «رَأَيْتُ أَخَاكَ»?
• What case is «أَخِي» in «مَرَرْتُ بِأَخِيكَ»?
• What does the condition «مُكَبَّرَة» mean?
• Which condition is expressed by «مُوَحَّدَة»?
• Which example satisfies the iḍāfa requirement for special six-noun case marking?
• Which form falls outside the special letter-case rule because of first-person possessive yāʾ?
• What does «ذُو» mean in «ذُو مَالٍ»?
• Complete «رَأَيْتُ ... مَالٍ» using the accusative of ذُو.
• Choose the nominative form for «جَاءَ ... مَالٍ».
• Which form completes «سَلَّمْتُ عَلَى ...» meaning “your father”?
• What syntactic position does «كَ» have in both «أَخُوكَ» and «أَخَاكَ»?
• What is the ordinary genitive of «فَمٌ» when its mīm is retained?
• Which noun is included among the six in the book?
• Why is «أَبَوَاكَ» not treated as a singular six-noun form?
• In «جَاءَ أَبٌ», «أَبٌ» must be nominative with wāw.
• In the special six-noun pattern, yāʾ in «أَخِيكَ» is the genitive sign.
• In «ذَا مَالٍ», «مَالٍ» is the genitive second term of iḍāfa.
• Attaching first-person possessive yāʾ to «أَبِي» removes all syntactic distinctions between nominative, accusative and genitive.