Arabic vocabulary
How to say “became unhappy” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
وَلَوْ زَالَ رَيْنُ الْهَوَى عَنْ بَصَرِ بَصِيرَتِهِ لَرَأَى أَنَّهُ قَدْ شَقِيَ مِنْ حَيْثُ قَدَّرَ السَّعَادَةَ وَاغْتَمَّ مِنْ حَيْثُ ظَنَّ الْفَرَحَ وَأَلِمَ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَرَادَ اللَّذَّةَ
If the veil of desire were lifted from the eyes of his insight, he would see that he is miserable where he thought he was happy, grieved where he thought he was joyous, and in pain where he sought pleasure.
شَقِيَ — miserable. Past-tense verb, 'he became wretched'; subject ('he') built in. With the 'has' before it, 'he has ended up wretched'.
From: The Discipline of Foresight →OpenArabic teaches words like شَقِيَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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