مُتَّصِلٌ: وَهُوَ مَا لَا يُسْتَعْمَلُ وَحْدَهُ، إِمَّا مَرْفُوعٌ، نَحْوَ: «ضَرَبْتُ» إِلَى «ضَرَبْنَ»، أَوْ مَنْصُوبٌ، نَحْوَ: «ضَرَبَنِي» إِلَى «ضَرَبَهُنَّ»، وَ«إِنِّي» إِلَى «إِنَّهُنَّ»، أَوْ مَجْرُورٌ، نَحْوَ: «غُلَامِي» إِلَى «غُلَامِهِنَّ».
Translation: An attached pronoun cannot be used on its own. It may be nominative (ḍarabtu through ḍarabna), accusative (ḍarabani through ḍarabahunna; innī through innahunna), or genitive (ghulāmī through ghulāmihinna).
Attached pronouns occur in three case positions: nominative (e.g. subject), accusative (e.g. object) and genitive (after a preposition or in an annexation). The book shows representative endpoints of each paradigm; the intervening forms are taught below.