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ضَرَبْتُ زَيْدًا — I struck Zayd.

ضَرَبْتُ is a past-tense verb; the attached تُ is a first-person singular pronoun functioning as the subject in the nominative position. زَيْدًا is the direct object, accusative with visible fatḥa. The subject is a visible attached pronoun, not a separate noun.

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Example 2: ضَرَبْتُ زَيْدًا

Rules of the Fāʿil: Explicit Nouns, Pronouns, Number and Gender

ضَرَبْتُ زَيْدًا — I struck Zayd.

ضَرَبْتُ is a past-tense verb; the attached تُ is a first-person singular pronoun functioning as the subject in the nominative position. زَيْدًا is the direct object, accusative with visible fatḥa. The subject is a visible attached pronoun, not a separate noun.