أَسْتَطِيعُ be able in Arabic
أَسْتَطِيعُ is how you say “be able” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
قَالَ لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَقُولَهَا
He said, "I cannot say it."
أَسْتَطِيعُ I can
A first-person present verb, 'I am able', with the 'I' in its prefix. Under the negator before it, the ability is denied. It takes the 'to...' clause after it as what he cannot do, so it heads a statement about lack of capacity.
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More example sentences
قَالَ كَيْفَ أَسْتَطِيعُ
He said, "How can I do it?"
أَسْتَطِيعُ I can
A present-tense verb, 'am able', with the 'I' subject in its prefix. The object of the ability is left unstated, understood from context. The 'I' doer is carried inside the verb, needing no separate pronoun.