LessonsThe Accusatives: Al-Mafʿūl al-MuṭlaqQuiz

جَلَسْتُ جَلْسَةَ الْقَارِي
Translation: I sat in the manner of a reader.
جَلَسْتُ: past verb with attached subject pronoun.
جَلْسَةَ: accusative absolute object in an iḍāfa; describes a manner of sitting.
الْقَارِي: genitive second term of iḍāfa, describing whose manner is meant.

Do not infer “one occasion” as the intended point here; the iḍāfa specifies the type of sitting.

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Kind: Sitting Like the Reader

The Accusatives: Al-Mafʿūl al-Muṭlaq

جَلَسْتُ جَلْسَةَ الْقَارِي
Translation: I sat in the manner of a reader.
جَلَسْتُ: past verb with attached subject pronoun.
جَلْسَةَ: accusative absolute object in an iḍāfa; describes a manner of sitting.
الْقَارِي: genitive second term of iḍāfa, describing whose manner is meant.

Do not infer “one occasion” as the intended point here; the iḍāfa specifies the type of sitting.