أَنَّيthat I

Example sentences

• فَأَقُولُ، يَا بُنْيَّ تَعَلَّمْ أَنَّي لَا أَشْرَبُ نَهَارًا

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

  أَنَّي — that I. A subordinating particle 'that' fused with a first-person 'I', written as one word. Its job is to introduce a reported fact and bind the 'I' as the subject of the clause it opens, so what follows is presented as a stated truth: 'that I...'. It also forces a specific case on the noun or pronoun it governs, marking the start of the embedded statement.

  From: Mothers and the Companions →