نَهَارًاduring the day

Example sentences

• فَأَقُولُ، يَا بُنْيَّ تَعَلَّمْ أَنَّي لَا أَشْرَبُ نَهَارًا

  So I say, my son, know that I do not drink during the day.

  نهارًا — during the day. A time-noun in the object (accusative) shape, which turns it into an adverb 'by day / during daytime' with no preposition needed; the -an ending alone does that work. It tells you the timing of the drinking that is being denied. The case ending is the grammar carrying the 'during' that English spells out.

  From: Mothers and the Companions →