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طلب الموظف توقيعا.

طلب الموظف توقيعا.talaba al-muwazzafu tawqeean.
The employee requested a signature.
From Lesson 75:The accusative case (ـَ)·Arabic (Modern Standard)

Questions & Answers about طلب الموظف توقيعا.

Why does توقيعا end with two fathas (tanwin fatha)?
Because توقيعا (a signature) is the direct object of the verb—it is the thing being requested. In Arabic, direct objects take the accusative case. Since it is indefinite (meaning 'a' signature, not 'the' signature), it gets the tanwin fatha ending, which adds an 'an' sound to the end of the word.
Why is there an extra alif (ا) added to the very end of توقيعا?
Whenever we add a tanwin fatha to a word to show it is an indefinite direct object, we almost always have to add a 'seat' or support letter for it, which is the alif (ا). The main exceptions are words ending in a taa marbouta (ة) or a hamza (ء), which can take the tanwin fatha without needing an extra alif.
Why does the sentence start with the verb طلب (requested) instead of الموظف (the employee)?
In Modern Standard Arabic, the most common sentence structure is Verb-Subject-Object (VSO). So rather than saying 'The employee requested a signature' (Subject-Verb-Object), formal Arabic naturally prefers the word order 'Requested the employee a signature.'
If we read this sentence with full case endings, how is the subject الموظف pronounced?
It is pronounced 'al-muwaẓẓafu'. Because the employee is the subject doing the action, the word is in the nominative case. Since it is a definite noun (it has 'al-' for 'the'), it takes a single damma (a short 'u' sound) at the end rather than a tanwin.

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