Seebawayh Team · 2026-10-06

Kāna and its sisters

kāna keeps the subject nominative and makes the predicate accusative.

كَانَ الْجَوُّ صَحْوًا
كَانَCopular past verb
الْجَوُّNominative ism of kāna
صَحْوًاAccusative khabar of kāna

kāna and its sisters are copular verbs. They take a nominative ism and an accusative khabar.

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