Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Elementary Arabic Syntax 2 HĀl Accusative What is a hāl accusative? A hāl accusative is a noun mentioned after a complete sentence in order to describe the state of the actor, the objective compliment, or the prefixed noun when the verb took place. The noun can be replaced by a nominal sentence. For example: جاء القائدُ ظافراً (The leader came in a state of victory.) How many types of hāl accusatives are there?
There are three types of hāl accusatives: • Single: جاء القائد ظافراً • Sentence: اُطلُبِ العلم و أنتَ فتی (Seek knowledge while you are young.) • Fragment: رأیتُ الهلالَ بینَ السحاب (I saw the crescent moon in between the clouds.) What is the condition of the singular hāl accusative and what it refers to? The condition of a singular hāl accusative is that it must be a non-apalistic indefinite noun and what it refers to must be definite.
For example: زرتُ الحَيَّ عامراً (I visited the village while it was flourishing) When is the hāl accusative a singular definite noun? A singular hāl accusative is definite if it can be explained as being indefinite. For example: جاء التلمیذُ وَحدَهُ (The student came alone.) When is the hāl accusative a singular apalistic noun? The singular hāl accusative is apalistic if it can be explained as a word derived from something.
For example: کرَّ عليٌّ أسداً ('Alī returned like a lion.) How many kinds of hāl sentences are there? There are two types of hāl sentences: nominal and verbal. What is the hāl sentence conditional on? The condition of the hāl sentence is that it must have a connection with what it refers to either by: • a pronoun, if it is a verbal sentence and it refers to a definite noun. For example: جاء الغلامُ یَرکُضُ (The servant came riding [an animal].) • a wāw of hāl, if it is a nominal sentence.
For example: خَرَجُوا مِن دِیارِهِم وَ هُم أُلُفٌ (They left their homes while they were in thousands.) Previous Next