Arabic vocabulary
يَسْمَع is how you say “hears” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
أَو يسمع مِنْهُ مَا يكره
Or hears from him what He dislikes.
يَسْمَعَ — that he hears. A subjunctive verb 'hears' (the '-a' ending) still under the earlier 'that', subject 'He' (the Lord) inside. So: 'or that He hear…'.
From: Humility Before the Divine →أَتَرَى لم يسمع الروافض الكفّار
Do you think the disbelieving rejectors haven't heard?
يَسْمَعِ — hear. A present-tense verb 'hears' clipped to the jussive by 'did not' — 'did not hear'; its vowel shifts to '-i' before the next word. Subject coming next.
From: Abu Bakr: First Champion of Islam →الآن يسمع الجزء ونفسه تحدثه متى يرويه؟
Now he listens to the part and his self talks to him: When will he narrate it?
يَسْمَعُ — he listens. A present-tense verb 'he hears/listens' with a built-in 'he' subject in its form. The present shape paints an ongoing action happening as we watch, fitting the 'now' just before. The subject is inside the verb, so no separate pronoun is needed.
From: Sincere Worship →OpenArabic teaches words like يَسْمَع through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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