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نَبْنِى let us build in Arabic

نَبْنِى is how you say “let us build” in Arabic.

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قَالُوا نَبْنِى صَوْمَعَتَكَ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ

They said, "Let us build your minaret of gold."

نَبْنِي let us build

A present-shape verb carrying 'we' in its 'n-' prefix, used as a let's-do-it proposal -- 'let us build'. Arabic leans on the plain present here to voice a group intention rather than a statement of fact.

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