Arabic vocabulary
أَطْعَمَ is how you say “give” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
إِن أكلت أكلت طيبا وَإِن أطعمت أطعمت طيبا
If it consumes, it consumes from the good, and if it gives, it gives from the good.
أَطْعَمَتْ — it gives. A Form IV verb, 'feed' (the a-prefix making 'cause to eat'), with the feminine '-at' subject, the bee. As before it is the condition's verb, 'if it feeds'.
From: Contentment with What God Wills →إِن أكلت أكلت طيبا وَإِن أطعمت أطعمت طيبا
If it consumes, it consumes from the good, and if it gives, it gives from the good.
أَطْعَمَتْ — it gives. The same 'feed' verb repeated as the answer, binding 'if it feeds, it feeds...'. The matched repetition is Arabic's conditional rhythm.
From: Contentment with What God Wills →OpenArabic teaches words like أَطْعَمَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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