Arabic vocabulary
How to say “begin” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
وإذا أتمَّ فريضةً بالتيمم، ثم زالَ عذرُه قبل أن يشرعَ في نافلةٍ،
If one completes an obligatory prayer with dry ablution, and the excuse is lifted before beginning a non-obligatory prayer,
يَشْرَعَ — he begin. 'he begin,' in the subjunctive (the -a) after 'an.' It marks the act not yet undertaken — starting an optional prayer; the excuse lifted BEFORE this. Its object comes via 'in' next.
From: Purification Without Water →OpenArabic teaches words like يَشْرَعَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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