The eighth word of verse (3:44) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is second person masculine singular. The verb's triliteral root is kāf wāw nūn (ك و ن). The verb (كان) belongs to a special group of words known as kāna and her sisters (كان واخواتها). The suffix (التاء) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (3) sūrat āl ʿim'rān (The Family of Imrān) (3:44:8) kunta you were
V – 2nd person masculine singular perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل ماض والتاء ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (3:44)

The analysis above refers to the 44th verse of chapter 3 (sūrat āl ʿim'rān):

Sahih International: That is from the news of the unseen which We reveal to you, [O Muhammad]. And you were not with them when they cast their pens as to which of them should be responsible for Mary. Nor were you with them when they disputed.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Verb kāna (كان واخواتها)
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root kāf wāw nūn

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