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

ضَرَبَنِي وَأَكْرَمْتُ زَيْدًا — Zayd struck me, and I honored Zayd.

ضَرَبَ: active past verb, with implicit subject «هُوَ» referring to Zayd.
نِي: first-person direct object.
وَ: conjunction.
أَكْرَمْتُ: past verb with «تُ» as its subject.
زَيْدًا: accusative object of «أَكْرَمْتُ», marked by fatḥa.

The same Zayd is semantically subject of the first action and object of the second.

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

ضَرَبَنِي وَأَكْرَمْتُ زَيْدًا — Zayd struck me, and I honored Zayd.

ضَرَبَ: active past verb, with implicit subject «هُوَ» referring to Zayd.
نِي: first-person direct object.
وَ: conjunction.
أَكْرَمْتُ: past verb with «تُ» as its subject.
زَيْدًا: accusative object of «أَكْرَمْتُ», marked by fatḥa.

The same Zayd is semantically subject of the first action and object of the second.