What is the grammatical position of *sanan* (years) in the statement, "I stayed in this city for years"?
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The questioner : What is the grammatical position of *sanan* (years) in "I stayed in this city for years"? What is its grammatical status?
The Shaykh : It is an adverb of time.
The questioner : It is acceptable to say it is the object.
The Shaykh : No, it is not acceptable, because the staying took place in the city, not in the years. Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The staying.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, no, this is an adverb of time. Yes, because the action did not take place upon it. The object is that upon which the actor's action took place. Yes.
The questioner :[Al-'Ankabut 29:43] The scholars here mean the same as [Al-Fatihah 1:2], or does it indicate a meaning other than the meaning ... .
The Shaykh : It is an adverb of time.
The questioner : It is acceptable to say it is the object.
The Shaykh : No, it is not acceptable, because the staying took place in the city, not in the years. Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The staying.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, no, this is an adverb of time. Yes, because the action did not take place upon it. The object is that upon which the actor's action took place. Yes.
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