Arabic vocabulary
اِسْتَطَعْتَbe able in Arabic
اِسْتَطَعْتَ is how you say “be able” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وَتَحُجُّ الْبَيْتَ إِنْ اِسْتَطَعْتَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلًا
And perform the pilgrimage to the House if you are able to do so.
اِسْتَطَعْتَ — you are able to do so. A past-tense verb 'you are able', here carrying conditional force after 'if', addressed to 'you'. The 'you' subject is built into the verb's ending, and it states the condition the obligation rests on.
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