أما but in Arabic
أما is how you say “but” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
وَأَمَّا الأَغْلَبُ مِنَ النَّاسِ فَإِنَّهُمْ يُوَافِقُونَ الْهَوَى
But the majority of people follow desire.
وَأَمَّا and as for
'wa-' = 'and'; 'amma' = 'as for', opening a topic.
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More example sentences
أما علمت أَن الصَّادِق إِذا هم ألْقى بَين عَيْنَيْهِ عزمه
Do you not know that the truthful person, when he resolves, casts his determination before his eyes?
أَمَا is it not that
A particle opening a rhetorical question 'do you not…?' — the interrogative fused with a negative for emphasis. It expects 'yes, you do know'.
وأما العيشة الراضية فالوصف بها أحسن من الوصف بالمرضية
As for the 'contented life,' describing it this way is better than describing it as 'a life one is pleased with.'
وَأَمَّا As for
wa- (and) fused with a topic-shifting word, 'and as for', which singles out a new topic for separate comment and is normally answered by a fa- ('then') clause later. It signals 'turning now to...'.
أما الجاهل فإنه يجزع عند البلاء،
But the ignorant one panics at tribulation,
أَمَّا but
A topic-flagging particle, 'as for...', that lifts a subject up for special attention and contrast. It must be answered later in the sentence by a clause beginning with the small connector 'so', a paired structure English handles with just 'as for X, he...'.