Arabic vocabulary
أَكَادُI am about to
How to say “I am about to” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
فَأَكَادُ أَنْ أَحْتَرِقَ
I am about to burn.
فَأَكَادُ — so I am about to. Joins the connector 'fa-' to a present verb meaning to be on the verge of, carrying its first-person 'I' subject inside. The 'fa-' here marks the result, 'so then I am almost...'. This verb of nearness leads into a following clause naming what he nearly does.
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