Continuation of the discussion of what was previously taken from the chapter on *kana* and its sisters.
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The Shaykh : What is the verb *dama* built on?
The student: It is built on sukun (stillness) because it is connected to the *ta*.
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: And the *ta* is a connected pronoun of nominative case, built on dammah (vowel) in the position of the nominative case for the name of *dama*.
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: *Hayya* is the news (predicate) of *dama*, in the accusative case, and the sign of its accusative case is the visible fathah (vowel) on its end.
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: And *ma* and *ma* and *ma* entered upon it in the position of... the interpretation of a verbal noun, its estimation being the duration of my staying alive.
The Shaykh : The duration of my staying alive, okay, and this is called a verbal noun of time (adverbial).
Then the author (may Allah have mercy on him) said, we begin a new lesson:
The student: It is built on sukun (stillness) because it is connected to the *ta*.
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: And the *ta* is a connected pronoun of nominative case, built on dammah (vowel) in the position of the nominative case for the name of *dama*.
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: *Hayya* is the news (predicate) of *dama*, in the accusative case, and the sign of its accusative case is the visible fathah (vowel) on its end.
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: And *ma* and *ma* and *ma* entered upon it in the position of... the interpretation of a verbal noun, its estimation being the duration of my staying alive.
The Shaykh : The duration of my staying alive, okay, and this is called a verbal noun of time (adverbial).
Then the author (may Allah have mercy on him) said, we begin a new lesson:
