Ask five questions in order: (1) What is the main mubtadaʾ? (2) Is the predicate a word, clause or quasi-clause? (3) What is the clause’s internal grammar? (4) Where is the link to the main topic? (5) What is each word’s inflection or syntactic position?
The same method works for both overt and understood links.
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Types of Khabar and the Linking Pronoun
Ask five questions in order: (1) What is the main mubtadaʾ? (2) Is the predicate a word, clause or quasi-clause? (3) What is the clause’s internal grammar? (4) Where is the link to the main topic? (5) What is each word’s inflection or syntactic position?
The same method works for both overt and understood links.