نَظَرْتُ looked in Arabic
نَظَرْتُ is how you say “looked” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
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.
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More example sentences
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.
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.