عَلِمْتُ مَا زَيْدٌ فِي الدَّارِ
Translation: I knew that Zayd was not in the house.
The negative mā takes initial scope over the embedded clause. Zaydun remains nominative, and the full negative clause stands in for the two objects.
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Suspension with Negative Mā
Verbs of the Heart: Two Objects, Cancellation and Suspension
عَلِمْتُ مَا زَيْدٌ فِي الدَّارِ
Translation: I knew that Zayd was not in the house.
The negative mā takes initial scope over the embedded clause. Zaydun remains nominative, and the full negative clause stands in for the two objects.