<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Arabic-L: Mon 14 Feb 2011<br>Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <<a href="mailto:dil@byu.edu">dil@byu.edu</a>><br>[To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l@byu.edu]<br>[To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to<br><a href="mailto:listserv@byu.edu">listserv@byu.edu</a> with first line reading:<br> unsubscribe arabic-l ]<br><br>-------------------------Directory------------------------------------<br><br>1) Subject: Grammar query<br><br>-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------<br>1)<br>Date: 14 Feb 2011<br>From: Otakar Smrz <<a href="mailto:otakar.smrz@mff.cuni.cz">otakar.smrz@mff.cuni.cz</a>><br>Subject: Grammar query<br><br>Dear readers,<br><br>I have come across an Arabic sentence which interestingly combines the <br>grammatical constraints implied by "'anna and its sisters" with the <br>constraints implied by "kaana and its sisters".<br><br>The sentence is:<br><br>واضاف ان احد اهداف القمة سيكون "جعل وقف اطلاق النار دائما".<br><br>It can be glossed as:<br><br>And he added that one of the goals of the summit will be "making the <br>ceasefire permanent".<br><br><br>Let me ask your opinions about the grammatical role of the word جعل <br>"making" and its case ending that you perceive as correct and/or <br>natural. Which phrase is the subject, and which one is the predicate <br>of the clause after ان "that", please? Which one is the topic, and <br>which one is the focus? If سيكون "will be" were omitted, would the <br>status of جعل "making" change?<br><br><br>Thank you very much for your comments.<br><br><br>Best regards and wishes,<br><br>Otakar Smrz<br><br><div>--------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>End of Arabic-L: 14 Feb 2011</div></body></html>