مَزَجَmix

Example sentences

• فَكَانَ يَمْزِجُ بَيْنَ هَذَا وَذَاكَ لِيَجْذِبَ الْقُلُوبَ،

  He would mix this with that to win hearts.

  يَمْزِجُ — he mixes. A present-tense verb, 'mixes/blends', whose pairing with the 'was' before it yields the habitual 'would mix'. Its 'he' subject is built in, and the ongoing present shape is exactly what the habitual-past construction requires.

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• فَكَانَ يَمْزِجُ بَيْنَ هَذَا وَذَاكَ لِيَجْذِبَ الْقُلُوبَ،

  So he would blend this with that to win hearts.

  يَمْزِجُ — he blends. A present-tense verb, 'blends', whose pairing with the 'was' before it gives the habitual 'would blend'. Its 'he' subject is built in, and its ongoing present shape is what the habitual-past frame needs.

  From: Sermons, Wit, and Sorrow →