Arabic vocabulary
How to say “for you” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
وَقَالْوُا مَا لَكِ عِندَنَا مِنْ عُبُورٍ،
And they said: What right of passage do you have with us?
لَكِ — for you. This is the preposition li- ('for/to') fused with the pronoun -ki ('you', addressed to a female). Together they mean 'for you', and the choice of the feminine -ki shows the revelation is being addressed as a woman. The word supplies the 'you have' sense the verbless question needs.
From: Ignoring God's Guidance →OpenArabic teaches words like لَكِ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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