Arabic vocabulary
How to say “he says” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
وَهُوَ يَقُوْلُ وَإِنْ سَرَقَ وَإِنْ زَنَى
And he was saying, even if he stole and even if he committed adultery.
يَقُوْلُ — was saying. A present-tense verb of saying with its 'he' subject built in. After the circumstance setup it pictures an ongoing, repeated act, 'kept saying', the present shape giving a was-saying feel in this past narrative.
From: Paradise for the Sincere →OpenArabic teaches words like يَقُوْلُ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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