Explanation of the statement of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): The word attached to the first-person singular pronoun.

The Shaykh : There are two matters: the first is the ruling regarding the yaa, and the second is the ruling regarding the attached word. We are now discussing two matters: the first is this yaa, and the second is the word attached to the yaa. An example of this is: "My boy came." What did we do with the attached word?
The student: We broke it.

The Shaykh : We broke the attached word, and we made the yaa sukoon. It is also permissible to open it, so you say: "My boy came" (with fathah). This is according to both ways. It is also permissible to delete the yaa, it was deleted. It is also permissible to replace it with an alif, so you say: "My boy came" (meaning: my boy). It is also permissible to delete the alif so that it remains open: "My boy came" (with fathah). Hey—no, do not raise your voices, everyone. Alert them, tell them not to raise their voices. So now there are five ways for the yaa: sukoon, fathah, changing it to an alif, deleting it, and deleting the alif. So for the yaa, the matter is broad. The reason for this is that the Arabs frequently attach words to the first-person singular pronoun, so they pronounce it in various ways. Like things that are common among them, you find they have several names, such as the lion, the sinnaar, the cat, and the bas, and the like.
The student: Is bas Arabic?

The Shaykh : Bas is Arabic, yes, but with a fathah on the ba. He said in *Al-Qamus*: "The common people break it" (bis with kasrah). Well, as for the word attached to the yaa.