يُحَدِّثnarrate

Example sentences

• إن كان عطاء بن يسار ليحدثنا أنا وأبا حازم حتى يبكينا ثم يحدثنا حتى يضحكنا،

  Indeed, Ata ibn Yasar would narrate to us, to Abu Hazim and me, until he made us cry, then he would narrate until he made us laugh,

  لَيُحَدِّثُنَا — would narrate to us. This bundles three things into one word: an emphasis prefix that reinforces the 'used to' frame, the present-tense verb 'narrate', and the attached 'us' as its object. The present tense after the earlier 'was' is what produces the habitual 'would narrate'. So a single word says 'he would keep narrating to us'.

  From: Stories That Soften the Heart →

• إن كان عطاء بن يسار ليحدثنا أنا وأبا حازم حتى يبكينا ثم يحدثنا حتى يضحكنا،

  Indeed, Ata ibn Yasar would narrate to us, to Abu Hazim and me, until he made us cry, then he would narrate until he made us laugh,

  يُحَدِّثُنَا — he would narrate to us. Present-tense 'narrate' with the attached 'us' as object. Because the 'used to' frame still governs the passage, this present tense again reads as the habitual 'he would narrate'. One word carries the verb and its audience.

  From: Stories That Soften the Heart →