Arabic vocabulary
سَاعَةًfor an hour
How to say “for an hour” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
قَالَ فَمَشَيْتُ مَعَهُ سَاعَةً
He said, and then I walked with him for an hour.
سَاعَةً — for an hour. A noun, 'an hour/a while', used here adverbially to measure how long the walking lasted. It sits in the set object form Arabic uses for stretches of time and can mean a literal hour or just a short spell.
From: Paradise for the Sincere →قَالَ فَمَشَيْتُ مَعَهُ سَاعَةً
He said, so I walked with him for an hour.
سَاعَةً — for an hour. A noun, 'an hour/a while', used adverbially to measure the span of the walking. It sits in the set object form for durations and may mean a literal hour or simply a short stretch of time.
From: Paradise for the Sincere →
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