سَأَلْتُهُI asked him

Example sentences

• فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ سَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ

  When he went out, I asked him, and he said.

  سَأَلْتُهُ — I asked him. A past verb 'I asked' with '-tu' for the 'I' subject and a single 'him' object fused on the end; one word carries doer, action, and the one questioned, where English needs three.

  From: Umar and the Prophet's Wives →

• فَمَرَّ وَلَمْ يَفْعَلْ، ثُمَّ مَرَّ بِـيْ عُمَرُ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ آيْةٍ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ،

  He passed by and did not do it; then Umar passed by me, and I asked him about a verse from the Book of Allah.

  فَسَأَلْتُهُ — so I asked him. Begins with the sequencing connector 'so/then' and is a past verb holding both 'I' and 'him', giving 'so I asked him'. The connector ties the asking to Umar's passing as the next move. As before, subject and object both ride on the single verb.

  From: Generosity to the Poor →