Lesson 71 · أَعْطَى
Two objects: أَعْطَى, ظَنَّ and وَجَدَ
Some verbs take two objects, both with the object ending ـَ or ـًا. Giving verbs: أَعْطَيْتُ الْوَلَدَ كِتَابًا (I gave the boy a book). Thinking and finding verbs, where the two objects were once a sentence: الدَّرْسُ سَهْلٌ → ظَنَنْتُ الدَّرْسَ سَهْلًا (I thought the lesson easy).
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Examples
أَعْطَيْتُ الْفَقِيرَ مَالًاaʿṭaytu l-faqiira maalanI gave the poor man some money.
أَعْطِنِي الْقَلَمَaʿṭinii l-qalamaGive me the pen.
ظَنَنْتُ الِامْتِحَانَ صَعْبًاẓanantu l-imtiḥaana ṣaʿbanI thought the exam was hard.
وَجَدْتُ الْبَابَ مُغْلَقًاwajadtu l-baaba mughlaqanI found the door closed.
سَمَّيْتُ ابْنِي عَبْدَ اللّٰهِsammaytu bnii ʿabda llaahiI named my son Abdullah.
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ مِهَادًاalam najʿali l-arḍa mihaadanHave We not made the earth a resting place?
Key points
- Giving and naming: أَعْطَى give · مَنَحَ grant · سَأَلَ ask for · أَلْبَسَ dress · سَمَّى name: سَمَّيْتُ ابْنِي مُحَمَّدًا (I named my son Muhammad).
- Thinking and finding (ظَنَّ وَأَخَوَاتُهَا): ظَنَّ think · حَسِبَ reckon · وَجَدَ find · عَلِمَ know · جَعَلَ make: أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ مِهَادًا (have We not made the earth a resting place?).
- With a pronoun, the first object joins the verb: أَعْطَيْتُهُ كِتَابًا (I gave him a book) · وَجَدْتُهُ مَشْغُولًا (I found him busy).
Practice
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Say “I gave my mother a gift.” (هَدِيَّةً)
أَعْطَيْتُ أُمِّي هَدِيَّةً aʿṭaytu ummii hadiyyatan
Say “I found the lesson easy.”
وَجَدْتُ الدَّرْسَ سَهْلًا wajadtu d-darsa sahlan
Say “I thought he was a teacher.”
ظَنَنْتُهُ مُعَلِّمًا ẓanantuhu muʿalliman