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Arabic Syntax - BYU Department of Linguistics and English Language

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Basic Sentence with a Verb<br />

6 Ways to Say Zayd met Amar (there are<br />

more)<br />

un: nominative<br />

• qabala zayd-un 'amr-an an: accusative<br />

• qabala amr-an zayd-un<br />

• zayd-un qabala amr-an<br />

• zayd-un amr-an qabala<br />

• amr-an qabala zayd-un<br />

• amr-an zayd-un qabala<br />

With case marking all word orders are grammatical<br />

in MSA

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