Arabic vocabulary
فوا is how you say “oh” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
فوا عجبا كَيفَ صالحته وَتَرَكتنَا
Oh, how astonishing that you reconciled with him and left Us.
فَوَا — so oh. 'Fa-' (so) plus 'wa', here the 'wa' of lament / astonishment that opens a cry of wonder — 'so oh!'. It is not 'and' but an exclamatory particle introducing amazement.
From: Remembering and Loving God →OpenArabic teaches words like فوا through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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