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شَرِبْتُ I drank in Arabic

شَرِبْتُ is how you say “I drank” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

فَشَرِبْتُ يَوْمًا عِنْدَ خِدْنِ لَيِّ حَتَّى ثَمِلْتُ وَزَالَ عَقْلِي،

One day I drank at a man's house until I became intoxicated and my mind left me.

فَشَرِبْتُ so I drank

The prefixed fa- continues the narrative thread, 'and so I drank', tying this drinking episode to the confession just made. The verb is past tense with the -tu ending carrying the subject 'I'; the prefix's contribution is purely the linkage, moving the story one beat forward.

From A Night of Reckoning

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More example sentences

فَقَعَدْتُ فَشَرِبْتُ

Then I sat down and drank.

فَشَرِبْتُ and I drank

Begins with the connector 'and/so', then a past verb 'drank' with 'I' built in, so 'and I drank'. The connector coordinates the drinking with the sitting. The 'I' is inside the verb.

From Generosity to the Poor

فَقَالَ اِشْرَبْ فَشَرِبْتُ،

He said, 'Drink,' then I drank.

فَشَرِبْتُ then I drank

Begins with the connector 'then', then a past verb 'drank' with 'I' built in, so 'then I drank'. The connector marks the drinking as the response to the order. The 'I' is inside the verb.

From Generosity to the Poor

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