Inna and Sisters إنَّ و أخواتها  (Part 2)

       In the previous post, we introduced to Inna and Sisters. We knew that they are particles حــُــروف ; not verbs. They start the Nominal sentence. They change the case of the Mubtada to the accusative or the Nasb Case حالة النصب . The Mubtada changes its name to be Noun of Inna and Sisters Mansoob with a Fat’ha on its ending. The Khabar is called Khabar of Inna and Sisters and its is Marfo’ مرفوع with a Dam’mah on its ending letter. What we are going to learn today is the meanings and uses of Inna and Sisters.  *  إنَّ   :  It is used for affirmation and confirmation الــتــوكــيـــد /Tawkeed/

             Ex. –  إنَّ الــرَّجــُـــلَ جــائــِــعٌ  = The man is hungry.

                   –  إنَّ الــطـــائــِــرةَ ســَــريــعــــةٌ   = The plane is fast.

*  أنَّ  :  It is used for affirmation and confirmation, too.

            Ex.  – أدركــتُ أنَّ الــجــُـــوعَ قــاتـــِـــلٌ   = I realized that hunger is a killer.

                   – أعــرفُ أنَّ الــطــريــقَ طــويـــلٌ   = I know that the road is long.

*  كــأنَّ  : It is used to express simile الــتــشــبــيـــه /Tash’beeh/.

              Ex. – كـأنَّ الــجــُــنــُــودَ أســُـــودٌ ثــائــِـــرةٌ   = The soldiers were like angry lions.

                    –  كـأنَّ الـمـُـمـَــرِّضــَــةُ مـَــلاكُ رحـمــةٍ  = The nurse is like an angel of mercy.

*  لــَـــكـِـنَّ  : It is used to express contrast التناقض /Tana’qud/.

                 Ex. – الِاخــتــبــارُ سـهــلٌ لـكـِـنّ الأسـئـلـةَ طــويــلــةٌ 

                         = The test is easy but the questions are long.

                        –  الـقـضــيــّــةُ عــادلــةٌ و لـكـِــنَّ الـعــَــالــَــمَ يـرفــضُ حـلــّــها 

                        = The case is fair but the world refuses to solve it.  

*  لــَـــيـــْــتَ  : It is used to refer to wishes الـتـمـنـي /Taman’ni/.

                    Ex.  –  لـيـتَ الـشـبـابَ يـعــود يـومــاً  = I wish young age could come back again.

                            –  لــيـتَ الــظــُّــلــْــمَ يـنـتــهــي  = I wish injustice could end.

*  لــَــعــَــلَّ  : It is used to express hopes الـتـرجــِّــي /Tara’ji/

                    Ex. – لــَــعــَـــلَّ الــنــَّــجــَــاحَ قــريـــبٌ   = I hope success is near.

 To be continued

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