Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books A Hundred and One Rules in Arabic Grammar! The Defacto Case of the Noun and Adjective ============================================== The Defacto Case of the Noun and Adjective in Arabic is Nominative. A noun case is changed to accusative if it becomes an object of a verb (There are other cases where a noun should carry the accusative case marker. Check Kaana & Inna points).
A noun is said to be in the genitive case if it follows a preposition or it is a second term of Idaafa. No matter what is the case of the noun, the adjective will follow, marked by the same case. The Egyptian man is in his house. الرجُلُ المِصريُّ في بَيِتِهِ. I saw the Egyptian man. شاهدتُ الرجُلَ المصريَّ. I said hello to the Egyptian man. سلـَّمتُ علی الرجُل ِ المصريِّ. Previous Next