inna and its sisters | إِنَّ وَ أَخَوَاتُهَا

Introduction

  The following particles are called Inna and its sisters – إِنَّ وَ أَخَوَاتُهَا :

• إِنَّ – certainly
• أَنَّ – certainly
• كَأَنَّ – like that
• لَكِنَّ – but
• لَيْتَ – would that
• لَعَلَّ – may / perhaps
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1. When nouns are preceded by these particles they are in the accusative case and the predicate is in the nominative case. These particles are found in a nominal sentence and give fatha -َ to the noun that follows it and dammah -ُ to its predicate.
2. إِنَّ and أَنَّ both are used to emphasize the meaning of the predicate but إِنَّ comes at the beginning of the sentence while أَنَّ comes between the sentence.
3. إِنَّ is always found at the beginning of a sentence
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