Arabic vocabulary
How to say “imagine” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
لَو تَخَيَّلت قرب الأحباب لأقمت المأتم على بعْدك
If you imagined the closeness of loved ones, you would hold a funeral for your distance.
تَخَيَّلْتِ — you imagined. A past-tense reflexive-shape (form V) verb 'pictured / fancied' with the '-ti' (you, feminine) ending. Under 'law' it reads 'were you to imagine'.
From: Night Prayer and Nearness to God →OpenArabic teaches words like تَخَيَّل through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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