رُدُّhe returns

Example sentences

• ثُمَّ يَرُدُّ عَلَيَّ الْقَدَحَ،

  Then he returns the cup to me.

  يَرُدُّ — he returns. A present-form verb 'returns/hands back' with 'he' built in; within this past narration it reads as 'he returned'. The doubled final consonant marks a verb whose root repeats its last letter. Arabic narrates the repeated past in this present-form 'returns'.

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• ثُمَّ يَرُدُّ عَلَىَّ الْقَدَحَ،

  Then he hands the cup back to me.

  يَرُدُّ — hands back. A present-form verb 'hands back/returns' with 'he' built in, narrating the cup's return inside the past sequence; its doubled final consonant marks a repeating-letter root. Arabic keeps the scene present-tense in form while the sense is past. The subject is inside the verb.

  From: Generosity to the Poor →

• ثُمَّ يَرُدُّ عَلَيَّ الْقَدَحَ،

  Then he hands the cup back to me.

  يَرُدُّ — hands back. A present-form verb 'hands back/returns' with 'he' built in, narrating the return inside the past sequence; its doubled final consonant marks a repeating-letter root. The form stays present while the sense is past. The subject is inside the verb.

  From: Generosity to the Poor →