Try parsing both sentences before reading the answer. These are supplementary teaching examples, not the book's wording.
كَتَبَ خَالِدٌ
Translation: Khālid wrote.
«كَتَبَ»: past-tense verb, built on fatḥ.
«خَالِدٌ»: subject, nominative, declinable noun.
حَضَرَ هَؤُلَاءِ
Translation: These people arrived.
«حَضَرَ»: past-tense verb, built on fatḥ.
«هَؤُلَاءِ»: an indeclinable demonstrative noun, in the nominative position as subject.
Why are both subjects, yet only one has a changing case ending?
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| كَتَبَ خَالِدٌ | Khālid wrote. |
| حَضَرَ هَؤُلَاءِ | These people arrived. |