The object of a verb indicates who or what is receiving the action of the verb. In Arabic, objects are in the accusative case.
A direct object may be a noun:
فَتَحَ الرَّجُلَ الْبابَ The man opened the door.
In the sentence above, the door (ألْبابَ ) is the direct object of the opening action (فَتَحَ) performed by the man (ألرَّجُلُ), the subject.
A direct object can also be an attached pronoun, such as كَ in the sentence below:
سَأَلَكَ الْمُعَلِّمُ The teacher asked you.
A direct object can also be an independent pronoun, such as إيّاهُ in the sentence below:
أعْطَيْتُكَ إيّاهُ I gave it to you.
The word for word translation is "I gave you it."
The direct object may precede or follow the subject. For example, look at the placement of ألْبَيْتَ in the sentence below:
بَنى الْبَيْتَ أبوكَ Your father built the house.
The word for word translation is "built the house your father."
The following is a list of independent accusative pronouns. These pronouns are used for the direct object if two objects are present:
me إيّايَ
you (Masculine Singular) إيّاكَ
you (Feminine Singular) إيّاكِ
him إيّاهُ
her إيّاها
you (Dual) إيّاكُما
them (Dual) إيّاهُما
us إيّانا
you (Masculine Plural) إيّاكُمْ
you (Feminine Plural) إيّاكُنَّ
them (Masculine Plural) إيّاهُمْ
them (Feminine Plural) إيَاهُنَّ
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