Breakdown of كان الولد عطشان بعد المباراة.
الal
the
ولدwalad
boy
مباراةmubârâh
match
بعدba'da
after
عطشانatshân
thirsty
كانkâna
to be
Questions & Answers about كان الولد عطشان بعد المباراة.
Why doesn't عطشان have an extra alif for a tanween fatha (like عطشاناً) since it's the predicate of كان?
The verb كان does make its predicate accusative, but عطشان is a diptote (ممنوع من الصرف). This means it belongs to a category of words that never take a tanween. Because of this rule, it simply takes a single fatha (عطشانَ) in the accusative case instead of the usual double fatha with an alif.
If the subject was feminine, like "the girl", would we just add a taa marboota to make it عطشانة?
In regional spoken dialects, yes, but in strict Modern Standard Arabic, no. Adjectives that follow this specific pattern (fa'laan) have a special feminine form ending in an alif maqsura: عطشى. So for a girl, the sentence would be كانت البنت عطشى.
What case ending does المباراة take in this sentence, and why?
Why does بعد end with a fatha (بعدَ)?
بعد acts as an adverb of time here. In Arabic grammar, words that specify the time or place an action occurs are generally in the accusative case, which is marked by a fatha.
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