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Example sentences

• قالَت يا وَيلتا أألِدُ وأنا عَجوزُ

  She said, 'Woe is me, will I give birth while I am an old woman?'

  أَأَلِدُ — will I give birth. This is a present-tense verb meaning 'I give birth' with a question-marker fused to its front, turning it into 'will I give birth?'. The 'I' subject is built into the verb, and the prefixed question-particle is what makes the whole word an astonished query.

  From: God's Promise of New Life →

• قَالَ أَنْ تَلِدَ الْأَمَةُ رَبَّتَهَا، وَأَنْ تَرَى الْحُفَاةَ الْعُرَاةَ الْعَالَةَ رِعَاءَ الشَّاءِ يَتَطَاوَلُونَ فِي الْبُنْيَانِ

  He said, 'That a slave woman will give birth to her mistress, and that you will see barefoot, unclothed, destitute shepherds competing in erecting tall buildings.'

  تَلِدَ — will give birth to. A present-tense verb 'she gives birth' pushed into the subjunctive by the preceding particle, shown in its ending. It is third-person feminine, matching the female subject that follows. Its altered ending is the mark of the 'that...'-clause it belongs to.

  From: When Gabriel Came to Teach →