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### Emphasizing Sentences with إن

In Arabic, if you want to emphasize or affirm a nominal sentence (a sentence that starts with a noun or pronoun), you can place the particle إن at the very beginning. It translates roughly to "indeed" or "truly," though in English, we often just use a stronger tone of voice to convey the same meaning.

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When you start a sentence with إن, the subject of the sentence (the noun immediately following it) must be in the Accusative case. For regular singular nouns, this means it takes a fatha ending. The predicate (the part that gives information about the subject) remains in the Nominative case.

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### Attaching Pronouns to إن

If the subject of your sentence is a pronoun (like "I am worried" or "he is a doctor"), you cannot use an independent pronoun after إن. Instead, you must attach the corresponding object pronoun directly to the end of the particle.

Here are some common combinations:

| English | Attached Form |
| --- | --- |
| Indeed, I... | إني |
| Indeed, we... | إننا |
| Indeed, he / it... | إنه |
| Indeed, she / it... | إنها |

Once the pronoun is attached, the rest of the sentence continues normally, with adjectives and predicates matching the pronoun as they usually would.

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Emphasizing sentences (إنّ)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

interrogative

noun

numeral

particle

prefix

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

The definite article and locatives (الـ)

Basic noun gender (ة)

Sun and moon letters

Singular subject pronouns (أنا، أنت، هو، هي)

Indefinite nouns and nominal sentences (ـٌ)

Demonstrative pronouns for 'this' (هذا / هذه)

Separate prepositions (في، من، إلى، على)

Attributive adjectives

Predicative adjectives

Yes/No questions (هل، أ)

Basic questions (من، ما، أين)

Singular possessive pronouns (ـي، ـك، ـه، ـها)

Plural subject pronouns (نحن، أنتم، هم)

Plural possessive pronouns (ـنا، ـكم، ـهم)

Noun possession

Attached prepositions (بـ، لـ، كـ)

Pronouns with prepositions

Having and possessing (عند، لـ، مع)

Regular plural nouns (ـون، ـين، ـات)

Broken plurals

Dual nouns (ـان / ـين)

Plural and distant demonstratives (هؤلاء، ذلك، تلك)

Non-human plural agreement

Present tense singular verbs

Verbal sentences (VSO)

Present tense plural verbs

Topicalized sentences (SVO)

The indefinite accusative case (ـاً)

Verb object pronouns (-ني، -ك، -ه)

Present tense negation (لا)

Question words with verbs (متى، كيف...)

Adverbs of time and place

The future tense (سـ / سوف)

Intentions and desires (أن)

Negating states and possession (ليس)

Past tense singular suffixes

Past tense plural suffixes

Negating past events (ما)

Singular commands

Numbers 1 to 10

Number agreement for 1 and 2 (واحد، اثنان)

Asking how many (كم)

Numbers 3 to 10 (ثلاثة إلى عشرة)

Ordinal numbers 1 to 10 (الأول، الثاني)

Basic conjunctions (فـ، أو، لكن)

Ordering at a café (واحد، اثنان)

Food and drink with conjunctions (و، ف، أو، لكن)

There is and there are (هناك / ليس هناك)

Direct address (يا)

Giving reasons (لأنّ)

Relative pronouns (الذي / التي)

Quantifiers (كل / بعض)

The past tense of 'to be' (كان)

Past possession

Numbers 11 to 19 and tens to 80

Telling time (الساعة)

This book vs this is a book (هذا الكتاب، هذا كتاب)

Greetings (مرحبا، السلام عليكم)

How are you? and goodbye (كيف حالك، مع السلامة)

Nationalities (مصري، مصرية)

Roots and patterns (كتب، كتاب، مكتب)

Politeness (من فضلك، آسف)

Complex possession chains

Colors and traits (أفعل / فعلاء)

Plural colors and traits (فُعْل)

Comparative adjectives (أفعل من)

Superlative adjectives (أفعل)

Adverbs of manner (ـاً)

The nominative case (ـُ)

The genitive case (ـِ)

The accusative case (ـَ)

Dual noun cases (ـان / ـين)

Masculine plurals and 'the best of' (أفضل النجارين)

Connecting clauses (أنّ)

Reporting speech (قال إنّ)

Expressing contrast (لكنّ)

Comparison and probability (كأنّ, لعلّ)

Distant plural pointing (أولئك)

Plural relative pronouns (الذين, اللواتي)

Past habits (كان + present)

Ongoing actions (ما زال)

Masculine plurals online (مبرمجون، مؤثرون)

Perfective past (قد)

Probability (قد)

The subjunctive mood (أن)

Expressing purpose (لـ)

Question	Answer
indeed / truly / that (after قال)	إنinna
situation	موقفmawqif
strange	غريبgharîb
Indeed, the situation is very strange.	إن الموقف غريب جدا.inna-l-mawqifa gharîbun jiddan
Indeed, the weather is strange.	إن الجو غريب.inna al-jawwa ghareeb
worried	قلقqaliq
Indeed, I am worried about this situation.	إني قلق من هذا الموقف.innī qaliqun min hâdhâ al-mawqifi
wonderful	رائعrâ'i'un
Indeed, he is a wonderful doctor.	إنه طبيب رائع.innahu tabîbun râ'i'
Indeed, the film is wonderful; I do not sleep.	إن الفيلم رائع، لا أنام.inna l-fîlma râ'i'un, lâ anâmu
afraid	خائفkhâ'if
Indeed, the boy is afraid of the dog.	إن الولد خائف من الكلب.inna al-walada khâ'ifun mina al-kalbi
Indeed, she is afraid and worried.	إنها خائفة وقلقة.innahâ khâ'ifatun wa qaliqatun
calm	هادئhâdi'
Indeed, the sea is very calm today.	إن البحر هادئ جدا اليوم.inna al-bahra hâdi'un jiddan al-yawma
Indeed, we are calm.	إننا هادئون.innanâ hâdi'ûna
proud	فخورfakhûr
Indeed, the teacher is proud of the students.	إن الأستاذ فخور بالطلاب.inna l-ustâdha fakhûrun biṭ-ṭullâb
Indeed, I am proud of you.	إني فخور بك.innî fakhûrun bika
painful	مؤلمmu'lim
Indeed, the winter is painful.	إن الشتاء مؤلم.inna ash-shitâ'a mu'limun
Indeed, it is very painful.	إنه مؤلم جدا.innahu mu'limun jiddan
impossible	مستحيلmustahîl
Indeed, this is impossible.	إن هذا مستحيل.inna hâdhâ mustahîl.
Indeed, the work is impossible without a manager.	إن العمل مستحيل بدون مدير.inna al-'amala mustahîlun bidûni mudîrin