A Hundred and One Rules in Arabic Grammar!

  1. أن ======

The most common subjunctive particle in Arabic is probablyأنْ , which usually sits between two verbs referring to the same or a different person, and thus, functioning something like the infinitive in English. If you examine the sentence carefully, you will notice thatأنْ   introduces a subordinate clause which functions as an object for the main verb.

**اُريدُ أنْ أذهَبَ إلی المصرفِ.**

I want to go to the bank.

82. It has been mentioned earlier that ما  can be used as a question word and as a negation particle for the verb in past tense. In addition, it can be used to be as a part of a nominalizer as in:

**قابلتـَهَ عندما سَکنَ في هذا البَيتِ.**

I met him when he lived in this house.