جَعَلْتُ I began to in Arabic
جَعَلْتُ is how you say “I began to” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
فَجَعَلْتُ أَجُولُ فِي الْخَرَابَاتِ،
So I began to wander among the ruins,
فَجَعَلْتُ So I began to
A past-tense verb fronted by 'fa-', which here marks the turn into the narrative, 'so then', with the '-tu' ending carrying 'I' as the doer. This verb is the kind that pairs with a following verb to mean 'began to', so it sets up an ongoing action rather than a single finished one.
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More example sentences
فَجَعَلْتُ أَمْشِيُ فِي ظِلِّ الْقَمَرِ
So I began to walk in the moon's shade.
فَجَعَلْتُ so I began to
The leading fa- is a sequencing connector, 'and so', moving the story on. The verb it sits on is a past-tense 'I' form of a verb that here means 'set about/began to', a starting verb that hands off to the action verb following it.
فَجَعَلْتُ أَصْطَلِي مَعَهُمْ عَلَى نِيرَانِهِم
So I began to warm myself with them on their fires.
فَجَعَلْتُ so I then began
The sequence-connector 'so' is fused to a past-tense verb whose ending marks 'I' as the doer, and this verb 'began' is a starter that sets up the next verb as an action getting underway. It ties the new scene to the previous one. The verb after it spells out what was begun.
وَجَعَلْتُ أَبْثُ ذَلِكَ الْحَدِيثَ الَّذِي أَمَرَنِي بِهِ
And I began to relate that hadith which he had commanded me to relate.
وَجعلت and I began to
This fuses the connector 'and' with a past-tense verb whose ending marks 'I', and this verb 'began' is a starter setting up the next verb as an action getting underway. The 'and' links this new step to the previous scene. The verb after it says what was begun.
فَجِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَجَعَلْتُ أُخْبِرُهُ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانِ
So I came to the Messenger of God, and began to tell him about Abu Sufyan.
فَجَعَلْتُ and I began
The sequence-connector 'so/and' is fused to a past-tense verb, 'began', whose '-tu' ending marks 'I', and which sets up the next verb as an action getting underway. The connector ties this to the arrival just reported. The verb after it says what was begun.
وَجَعَلْتُ أَنْظُرُ إِلَى أَنِيَابِهِ
And I began to look at his canine teeth.
وَجعلت and I began to
The connector 'and' is fused to a past-tense verb, 'began', whose '-tu' ending marks 'I', and which sets up the next verb as an action getting underway. The 'and' links this to the previous scene. The verb after it says what was begun.