وَعَلَى نَفْسِ الْأَفْعَالِ أَيْضًا فِي التِّسْعَةِ الْأُوَلِ، نَحْوُ: «قَائِمًا كَانَ زَيْدٌ».
Translation: The book also permits a predicate to appear before the verb itself in what it calls the first nine forms; for example, “Qāʾiman kāna Zaydun.”
Reading note: The author says “the first nine”; retain that wording rather than extending it indiscriminately to every listed verb, especially the forms with mā and laysa.
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The Ism of Kāna and Its Sisters
وَعَلَى نَفْسِ الْأَفْعَالِ أَيْضًا فِي التِّسْعَةِ الْأُوَلِ، نَحْوُ: «قَائِمًا كَانَ زَيْدٌ».
Translation: The book also permits a predicate to appear before the verb itself in what it calls the first nine forms; for example, “Qāʾiman kāna Zaydun.”
Reading note: The author says “the first nine”; retain that wording rather than extending it indiscriminately to every listed verb, especially the forms with mā and laysa.