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Jannah attended my lecture today.

Jannah attended my lecture today.

Jannah – doer
attended – action
my – owner
lecture – receiver
today – time of the action

Aamir eats his lunch here.


Aamir eats his lunch here.

Aamir – doer
eats – action
his – owner
lunch – receiver
here – place of the action

Important rule #4: The time or place of an action are both red. Remember, I said that all
receivers are red, but I never said that everything red is a receiver. In fact, we'll see more red
words later on, insha Allah.

Ammar drank milk and soda yesterday.


Ammar drank milk and soda yesterday.

Yusuf and I found the book and magazine.


Yusuf and I found the book and magazine.

Please remember that there can only be one doer per action. In the previous sentence "I" is
not a doer. It is merely a connected borrower (and its connector is "and", of course) that's
borrowing from "Yusuf", the doer.

It is, however, possible for one action to have two (or even three) receivers, but that's
advanced Arabic and we're not going to look at it now. In the previous sentence there is just
one receiver, "book", and "magazine" is a connected borrower that's borrowing from
"book".

Your father and I arrive tonight.


Your father and I arrive tonight.

Nomaan and Umar are going there today.


Nomaan and Umar are going there today.

He drinks water.
He drinks water.

Kazi and Abdurrahman will come here tomorrow.


Kazi and Abdurrahman will come here tomorrow.
Noor and I are friends.
Noor and I are friends.

I left home yesterday.


I left home yesterday.

My uncle and his wife will land tonight.


My uncle and his wife will land tonight.

His school's teachers and principal are leaving the school today.
His school's teachers and principal are leaving the school today.

She ate our cookies and she drank our milk.


She ate our cookies and she drank our milk.

In this example what is the word "and" connecting and to what? Actually, it's connecting the
second sentence to the first. So, "She drank our milk." is being connected to "She ate our
cookies." via "and". Of course, you'll ask why the second sentence isn't borrowing the color
of the first if it's a connected borrower. The answer is: the first sentence doesn't have a color
to give. If it did, the second sentence would have the same color. But the first is colorless, so
so is the second.

She is my sister and he is my brother.


She is my sister and he is my brother.

Once again, the connector, "and", is connecting the second sentence to the first.

My brother and sister helped my father and me yesterday.


My brother and sister helped my father and me yesterday.

We slept here today.


We slept here today.

Hamza and his brother sat there yesterday.


Hamza and his brother sat there yesterday.

My teacher and his wife will come here tomorrow.


My teacher and his wife will come here tomorrow.

My brother and I will not eat anything tonight.


My brother and I will not eat anything tonight.

Did you eat something here?


Did you eat something here?

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