نَظَرْتُlooked

Example sentences

• ولكن انظر إلى الأفق، فنظرت فإذا سواد عظيم،

  But look to the horizon, and I looked there and saw a vast multitude.

  فَنَظَرْتُ — and I looked. This is 'so' plus a past verb 'looked' with '-tu' = 'I' — 'so I looked'. The 'fa-' marks his obeying the command. The first-person subject rides in the verb. What he then saw follows.

  From: Those Who Enter Without Account →

• فَقَالَ مَا لِي إِذَا نَظَرْتُ إِلَيْكَ اِمْتَلَأْتُ رُعْبًا

  He said, "What is the matter with me? When I looked at you, I was filled with terror."

  نَظَرْتُ — I looked. A past-tense verb with a first-person 'I' suffix on its end, 'I looked'. The suffix builds the speaker into the word, so no separate 'I' is needed.

  From: Wealth and Knowledge on Trial →

• وَلَقَدْ نَظَرْتُ فِي ثَبْتِ الْكُتُبِ الْمَوْقُوفَةِ فِي الْمَدْرَسَةِ النِّظَامِيَّةِ؛

  Indeed, I examined the register of books endowed to the Nizamiyya school.

  نَظَرْتُ — I examined. A past-tense verb with the -tu ending marking an 'I' subject, reporting a completed act of examining. The speaker is built into the form by that suffix. It is the main action the surrounding emphasis is underlining.

  From: A Life of Reading and Writing →