Arabic vocabulary
How to say “know” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
اعلم أن في كل طائفة من علماء هذه الأمة ما يذم ويعاب، فتجنبه
Know that in every group of scholars of this nation, there is what is blameworthy and disgraceful, so avoid it.
اِعْلَمْ — know. This is a command-form verb, 'know', addressed to 'you'. Arabic builds a command by paring the present verb down to its bare imperative shape, so this single word is a direct order to take note, with the addressee understood.
From: When Recitation Breeds Pride →OpenArabic teaches words like اعلم through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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