Arabic vocabulary
يَتَخَلَّف is how you say “fall behind” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
ولا يتخلف عن مؤاكلة الناس، ولا يتأخر عن إجابة الداعي إلى الطعام،
Nor did he avoid dining with people, nor delay in responding to an invitation to food,
يَتَخَلَّفُ — avoid. This present-tense verb has its 'he' subject inside and, under the negator, denies an ongoing habit, 'he would not hang back'. The plain present ending marks a general, repeated non-action.
From: The Grandson's Noble Grief →OpenArabic teaches words like يَتَخَلَّف through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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