LessonsThe Indicative Imperfect and Its GovernorQuiz

الطَّالِبَانِ يَكْتُبَانِ.
The two students write. Yaktubāni is indicative by retention of the inflectional nūn; its dual alif is the subject pronoun, not the mood marker.

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Dual Imperfect: Nūn Retained

The Indicative Imperfect and Its Governor

الطَّالِبَانِ يَكْتُبَانِ.
The two students write. Yaktubāni is indicative by retention of the inflectional nūn; its dual alif is the subject pronoun, not the mood marker.