Arabic vocabulary
اتَّخَذَت is how you say “made” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
وَأرْسل حَمَامَتَيْنِ فاتخذتا هُنَاكَ عشا جعل على أبصار الطالبين غشاوة
And He sent two doves that made a nest there, creating a veil over the seekers' eyes.
فَاتَّخَذَتَا — so they made. 'Fa-' (so) plus a past-tense reflexive-shape (form VIII) verb 'took for themselves / made' with the dual '-ta' ending carrying 'they two' (feminine dual). The dual ending says the two doves did it together.
From: The Night of the Migration →OpenArabic teaches words like اتَّخَذَت through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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