Arabic vocabulary
يَنْتَظِرُونَ is how you say “are waiting for you” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
هُمْ يَنْتَظِرُونَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ
They are waiting for you, O Messenger of Allah—
يَنْتَظِرُونَكَ — they are waiting for you. A present-tense plural verb, 'they are waiting', with an object pronoun 'you' attached; the plural subject shows in the verb's shape, packing action, doers, and the one awaited into one word.
From: Prayer During Illness →وَالنَّاسُ عُكُوفٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ يَنْتَظِرُونَ النَّبِيَّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ
And the people remained in the mosque, waiting for the Prophet, peace be upon him.
يَنْتَظِرُونَ — they are waiting. A present-tense verb, 'they are waiting', with the plural subject built into its ending; it describes the people's ongoing action and leads into its object.
From: Prayer During Illness →OpenArabic teaches words like يَنْتَظِرُونَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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