Re: Sisters of kaana...asbaHaa, adHaa, zalla, amsaa, baataa

qureshna@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 schrieb:


> Dear Dr. Jam****d Ibrahim.
>
> I am sorry to be splitting hairs but, unfortunately, I am one of those
> people who attempt to get to the bottom of something which "bugs" them.
>
> I have interest in languages in general and in Persian and Arabic in
> particular. In an Arabic grammar book published in Pakistan
> (explanations were in Urdu), the impression I got from the Urdu
> translation of a sentence like...
>
> aSbaHaa Zaid(un) mariiDan
>
> is something like...
>
> Zaid was ill (at some time in the past) and come morning, he was still
> ill.
>
> I know this is not a very good English sentence, but this is what I
> have taken the meaning to be.
>
> I don't know if your and Mr. Yousaf Gursey's mother tongue is Arabic,
> but I was curious how an Arab mind perceives this sentence.

1. An Arab Native speaker will understand ?SbaHa as "became" no more or
less
2. I can't judge the book you mentioned but I have the impression it is
not reliable and the translation is wrong.
3. Arabic is one of my native languages but not  all native speakers
can provide insight. This is a silly obsession

I gave you background information you don't have access to elsewhere
but if you are not convinced I suggest asking  somebody else.