LessonsRestoring Declension: Indefinite Names, Al- and IḍāfahQuiz

جَاءَ أَحْمَدُكُمْ — Aḥmad is the nominative subject: ḍammah.

رَأَيْتُ أَحْمَدَكُمْ — Aḥmad is the accusative object: fatḥah.

مَرَرْتُ بِأَحْمَدِكُمْ — Aḥmad is genitive after bi-, and the iḍāfah allows kasrah. The al-/iḍāfah rule does not replace nominative and accusative case endings.

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Kasrah applies only in the genitive

Restoring Declension: Indefinite Names, Al- and Iḍāfah

جَاءَ أَحْمَدُكُمْ — Aḥmad is the nominative subject: ḍammah.

رَأَيْتُ أَحْمَدَكُمْ — Aḥmad is the accusative object: fatḥah.

مَرَرْتُ بِأَحْمَدِكُمْ — Aḥmad is genitive after bi-, and the iḍāfah allows kasrah. The al-/iḍāfah rule does not replace nominative and accusative case endings.