A Hundred and One Rules in Arabic Grammar!

  1. The Defacto Case of the Noun and Adjective ==============================================

The Defacto Case of the Noun and Adjective in Arabic isNominative. A noun case is changed toaccusative if it becomes an object of a verb (There are other cases where a noun should carry the accusative case marker. Check Kaana & Inna points). A noun is said to be in thegenitive case if it follows a preposition

or it is a second term of Idaafa. No matter what is the case of the noun, the adjective will follow, marked by the same case.

The Egyptian man is in his house.           الرجُلُ المِصريُّ في بَيِتِهِ.

I saw the Egyptian man.                         شاهدتُ الرجُلَ المصريَّ.

I said hello to the Egyptian man.  سلـَّمتُ علی الرجُل ِ المصريِّ.