The eighth word of verse (10:78) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A conjunction and verb. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is second person masculine singular and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). 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).

Chapter (10) sūrat yūnus (Jonah) (10:78:8) watakūna and you two (may) have
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) V – 2nd person masculine singular imperfect verb, subjunctive mood	الواو عاطفة فعل مضارع منصوب

Verse (10:78)

The analysis above refers to the 78th verse of chapter 10 (sūrat yūnus):

Sahih International: They said, "Have you come to us to turn us away from that upon which we found our fathers and so that you two may have grandeur in the land? And we are not believers in you."

See Also

• English Translations
• The Verb kāna (كان واخواتها)
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root kāf wāw nūn

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