Four an-patterns: obligatory with ḥarā/ikhlawlaqa; absent with inception verbs; usually present with ʿasā/awshaka; usually absent with kāda/kariba. Do not confuse this four-way division with the three meaning groups.
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Four Patterns of An Before the Predicate
Verbs of Nearness: Hope, Imminence and Inception
Four an-patterns: obligatory with ḥarā/ikhlawlaqa; absent with inception verbs; usually present with ʿasā/awshaka; usually absent with kāda/kariba. Do not confuse this four-way division with the three meaning groups.