A Hundred and One Rules in Arabic Grammar!
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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.