تَأْمُرُcommand

Example sentences

• فيقولون فما تأمرنا؟

  They will say, "What do you command us to do?"

  تَأْمُرُنَا — do you command us to do. A present verb 'command' with '-na' = 'us' as object — 'what do you command us?'. The subject 'you' is in the verb. So they ask Satan for orders.

  From: The Return of Jesus →

• تَأْمُرُ بِهِ حَتَّى يَسْأَلَ مِنْ عِنْدَهَا

  She instructs him about it until he asks from her.

  تَأْمُرُ — she instructs. A present-tense verb with a built-in 'she' subject, 'she would direct/command'. Read against the surrounding past narration it carries a habitual flavour, describing the mother's recurring way of signalling her wants. It leans on the prepositional phrase after it to name what she directed him about.

  From: Mothers and the Companions →