What is the meaning of Ibn Malik's statement: "... but what follows it, its beginning is the marker..."?
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The student: The marker in his statement: "its beginning is the marker"?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: The marker of what?
The Shaykh : The marker of the dual. What follows it is the yaa, and its beginning is the marker: meaning the marker of the dual, the alif in the state of nominative, and the yaa in the states of accusative and genitive.
The student: Shaykh!
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: Me?
The Shaykh : How? Yes, are you not the one who wants to ask?
The student: I am asking you.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The student: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: The marker of what?
The Shaykh : The marker of the dual. What follows it is the yaa, and its beginning is the marker: meaning the marker of the dual, the alif in the state of nominative, and the yaa in the states of accusative and genitive.
The student: Shaykh!
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: Me?
The Shaykh : How? Yes, are you not the one who wants to ask?
The student: I am asking you.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The student: Peace be upon you.