يَقُومَget up

Example sentences

• فَجَعَلَ يَسْحَبُهُ وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَقُومَ

  So he began to drag it, and he could not get up.

  يَقُومَ — get up. This verb sits in its 'aim' (subjunctive) shape because the particle before it forces that ending, completing 'able to rise'. Its 'he' doer is built into the verb. The special ending marks it as the goal-action that was beyond the camel, not an event.

  From: A Spy in the Enemy Camp →

• أَفَيَظُنُّ الَّذِي يُحَارِبُنِي أَنْ يَقُومَ لِي؟

  Does the one who fights me think he can stand up to me?

  يَقُومَ — stand up. This verb is in the subjunctive shape demanded by the 'that' particle before it, with a singular 'he' subject built in. The changed ending is what signals the standing-up is a hoped-for possibility, not something happening. It is the content of the rhetorical 'does he think...'.

  From: Under God's Shield →