ظَنَنْتُI thought

Example sentences

• فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ يَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَمْشِيَ مَعَهُ أَحَدٌ ـ قَالَ ـ

  So I thought that he disliked anyone walking with him, he said.

  فَظَنَنْتُ — so I thought. The fa- in front is a connector giving a 'so/and so' result flavour, tying the speaker's thought to the scene just described. Onto the verb is fused the past-tense 'I' subject, so the word carries the link, the past act of supposing, and the speaker together.

  From: Paradise for the Sincere →