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«ضَرَبَنِي وَأَكْرَمْتُ زَيْدًا» means “Zayd struck me, and I honored Zayd.”

It does not mean “I struck Zayd and he honored me”: «نِي» marks the first object and «تُ» the second subject.

Pronoun identification precedes reliable translation and classification.

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

«ضَرَبَنِي وَأَكْرَمْتُ زَيْدًا» means “Zayd struck me, and I honored Zayd.”

It does not mean “I struck Zayd and he honored me”: «نِي» marks the first object and «تُ» the second subject.

Pronoun identification precedes reliable translation and classification.