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Conjunctions in the Arabic language can be inflected be adding an affix that indicates the pronoun.
E.g. the conjunction 'because' is لِأَن (li'ann), and 'because you' yields لِأَنك (li'annak). This is an example sentence: 'You are sick, because you didn't were a scarf'.
Is there a grammatical term that labels this class of conjunctions.
In Arabic grammar this is called "'inna and its sisters". These encompass a set of particles that are followed by a noun in the accusative case, or by the accusative forms of suffixed pronouns.
The character ل can be used as a preposition. The preposition means "for".
The word أن means "that".
When you combine the preposition ل and the word أن together, It becomes the word لأن. The preposition and the word are connected together because the preposition ل is always connected to the next word.
The meaning of the word لأن is "for that" but the actual meaning is "because".
Now, There are two ways to say "because you".
You means انت
So, (Because you) = لأن انت (it is understandable but it is not commonly used)
The other way is to use connectivity of pronouns in semitic languages. I mean pronouns are able to be connected (embedded or compressed) to a word. In this case, The pronoun will take the form of an object pronoun.
To learn more about object pronouns you can watch this video. I've made it myself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiypiNzmc80
