Inner Sentence / Embedded Thought
Which thought is placed inside another?
Значение
A clause or proposition used inside another sentence as an object, reason, description, condition, or reported thought.
Как распознать
Find the smaller sentence that is packaged inside the larger one.
Примеры
that|who|which|to|because
I know that|the man who|the idea to leave
I know that you are busy.
Visual guide
LARGER MESSAGE
I know [that you are busy].
[INNER THOUGHT]
Bracketed thought = clause
inside another sentence.
Same inner thought, different packaging: that + clause: I know [that...] relative: man [who...] to-form: idea [to leave] reason: [because...]
Разбор по языкам
В вашем языке
Embedded clauses use что, который, чтобы, question words, or participial patterns.
Я знаю, что он придёт.
I know that he will come.
В изучаемом языке
Embedded clauses use أن/أنّ, relative pronouns, verbal nouns and agreement-sensitive structures.
أعرفُ الرجلَ الذي جاء.
I know the man who came.
Learners may confuse أن and أنَّ or choose the wrong relative pronoun.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.