Arabic vocabulary
حَدَثَhappen in Arabic
حَدَثَ is how you say “happen” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
إِنَّهُ قَدْ حَدَثَ أَمْرٌ
Indeed, something has happened.
حَدَثَ — it happened. A past verb 'happened' with the single-thing subject built in; with 'just now' before it the English is 'has happened'. Its true doer, the 'matter', comes right after.
From: Umar and the Prophet's Wives →
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