Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books A Hundred and One Rules in Arabic Grammar! The Nominalizer إنَّ & her Sisters ( لعلَّ ، أنَّ ، کأنَّ ، لکنَّ ، لأنَّ ) =============================================================================== The Nominalizer إنَّ & her Sisters ( لعلَّ ، أنَّ ، کأنَّ ، لکنَّ ، لأنَّ ) change the subject nominative case marker to the accusative but they leave the predicate in its nominative case.
By the way, أنَّ / إنَّ are called "Nominalizers" because they introduce nominal sentences. **إنَّ الأکلَ لذيذ ٌ.** In fact, the food is delicious. ** قالتْ اُختي أنَّ الأکلَ لذيذ ٌ.** My sister said that the food was delicious. **لکنَّ الأکلَ لذيذ ٌ.**... but the food was delicious. إنَّ is only used in the initial position of a sentence, and following any form of قالَ. Anywhere else you have to use أنَّ. Its meaning, therefore, changes from "indeed/in fact" to "that".