However, this Western / European approach to nominal sentences was not how the Arab grammarians of the early Middle Ages approached it.
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The following is an example of a negative nominal sentence in the present tense, using the formal Arabic negative particle " laysa ".
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Interpreted as a nominal sentence, it can also be read as " I am he " or " It / He is I ".
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Sentences that use these verbs are considered to be a type of nominal sentence according to Arabic grammar, not a type of verbal sentence.
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Again, nominal sentences like " ana saaeed " do not have a verb, so the verb head position in the verb phrase cannot be filled.
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As stated above, verbless sentences occur only in the present tense thus, a formal nominal sentence in Arabic can never express something in the Past tense.
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Nominal sentences ) or-" tal " ( the action of the main clause takes place until the action expressed by the suffixed verb begins ).
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In the Vedas, " idam " as " ayam " has been used as a subject in nominal sentences as an equivalent of a proposition.
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The Orientalists definition agrees with the Western grammar's focus of the predicate orientation, and it supports how the Arab grammarians included a sentence category of nominal sentences ( nonverbal sentences ).
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It is relatively uncommon, and is used chiefly to mark the predicate of a nominal sentence, in fixed adverbial expressions, and in expressions relating to measurements of length, weight, and the like.
