Arabic vocabulary
قَدَرْتُI was able in Arabic
قَدَرْتُ is how you say “I was able” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
فَفَعَلَتْ حَتَّى إِذَا قَدَرْتُ عَلَيْهَا
So she did until when I was able upon her.
قَدَرْتُ — I was able. A past-tense verb carrying its own 'I' subject in the '-tu' ending, so no separate pronoun appears. It governs the following 'upon her' phrase: the ability is exercised over something, which is why a preposition rather than a plain object completes the thought.
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