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﴾خَيْرُ الْأُمُورِ أَوْسَطُهَا﴿ |
١٣ |
2. Passive voice and double transitive verbs |
٢)صِيغَةُ الْمَجْهُولِ لِأَفْعَالٍ تَنْصُبُ مَفْعُولَيْنِ |
If sentences with two objects (↑L15) are in the passive voice, the first object becomes the subject and the second object remains object in the accusative:
سَلَّمَ ﻩ هـ / أَعْطَى ﻩ ه |
to give s.th. to s.o. |
active |
passive |
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﴾خَيْرُ الْأُمُورِ أَوْسَطُهَا﴿ |
١٣ |
I have given a device to Muhammad. |
Muhammad has been given a device. |
سَمَّى ﻩ هـ |
to call s.o. (by a name) |
active |
passive |
The mother has called the child Muhammad. |
The child was called Muhammad. |
The direct object is retained even if the subject is not mentioned:
He was called Muhammad. |
If a personal pronoun replaces the second object, the particle إيَّا will preceed it. (↑L19)
He has given it (the book) to me. |
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