Question 1

The word for faculty (الكلية) ends with a shadda and Taa' Marboota. Is this a feminine Nisba adjective?

Accepted Answer

It looks exactly like one! Historically it was formed using the Nisba suffix to mean 'totality', but today it is used as a standard noun meaning 'faculty' or 'college'. If you needed to turn this noun into a new Nisba adjective (like 'faculty-related' or 'collegiate'), following this lesson's rule, you would drop the Taa' Marboota and add the suffix. The masculine adjective would simply be كلي.

Question 2

Why is هذه used directly after إن instead of a pronoun suffix attached to it?

Accepted Answer

You can attach pronouns to إن (like إنها for 'indeed she/it is'), but here the sentence specifically says 'this faculty', not 'it'. The demonstrative pronoun هذه acts as the subject of the sentence, so it comes directly after the particle إن.

Question 3

What case ending does الكلية take here, and why?

Accepted Answer

It takes a Fatha, making it accusative (الكليةَ). Because it is a definite noun directly following the demonstrative هذه, it acts as a grammatical substitute and copies its case. Since هذه is the subject of إن, it is conceptually in the accusative 'slot', so the noun copying it must physically show the accusative case.

Question 4

What about the adjective مشهورة, does it also take the accusative case?

Accepted Answer

No, it takes the nominative case with a Damma (مشهورةٌ). It is the predicate (the core information part) of the sentence. While إن forces its subject into the accusative case, it leaves the predicate in the nominative case.

إن هذه الكلية مشهورة.

Breakdown of إن هذه الكلية مشهورة.

Questions & Answers about إن هذه الكلية مشهورة.

Learn إن هذه الكلية مشهورة and more in Arabic