LessonsThe Accusatives: Al-Mafʿūl al-MuṭlaqQuiz

جَلَسْتُ جَلْسَةً
Translation: I sat once.
جَلَسْتُ: past verb with subject pronoun.
جَلْسَةً: accusative absolute object specifying one occurrence.

Here the maṣdar counts the action rather than describing its kind.

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Number: One Occurrence

The Accusatives: Al-Mafʿūl al-Muṭlaq

جَلَسْتُ جَلْسَةً
Translation: I sat once.
جَلَسْتُ: past verb with subject pronoun.
جَلْسَةً: accusative absolute object specifying one occurrence.

Here the maṣdar counts the action rather than describing its kind.