LessonsTanāzuʿ al-Fiʿlayn — When Two Verbs Compete for One NounQuiz

الثَّالِثُ: أَنْ يَتَنَازَعَا فِي الْفَاعِلِيَّةِ وَالْمَفْعُولِيَّةِ، وَيَقْتَضِي الْأَوَّلُ الْفَاعِلَ، وَالثَّانِي الْمَفْعُولَ، نَحْوُ: «ضَرَبَنِي وَأَكْرَمْتُ زَيْدًا».
Translation: Third: the first verb seeks that noun as subject, but the second seeks it as object, as in “ضَرَبَنِي وَأَكْرَمْتُ زَيْدًا”.

The first verb means “he struck me”; the second means “I honored.” The overt «زَيْدًا» is accusative because the second verb governs it as object.

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Pattern 3: First Needs Subject, Second Object

Tanāzuʿ al-Fiʿlayn — When Two Verbs Compete for One Noun

الثَّالِثُ: أَنْ يَتَنَازَعَا فِي الْفَاعِلِيَّةِ وَالْمَفْعُولِيَّةِ، وَيَقْتَضِي الْأَوَّلُ الْفَاعِلَ، وَالثَّانِي الْمَفْعُولَ، نَحْوُ: «ضَرَبَنِي وَأَكْرَمْتُ زَيْدًا».
Translation: Third: the first verb seeks that noun as subject, but the second seeks it as object, as in “ضَرَبَنِي وَأَكْرَمْتُ زَيْدًا”.

The first verb means “he struck me”; the second means “I honored.” The overt «زَيْدًا» is accusative because the second verb governs it as object.