Arabic vocabulary
فقط is how you say “only” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
كأنها رضيت بهم ورضوا بها وهذا أبلغ من مجرد كونها مرضية فقط
As if it pleased them and they were pleased with it, and this is more expressive than merely being satisfactory.
فَقَطْ — only. A restricting word 'only / just', limiting the prior idea to that bare description. It pins down 'merely satisfactory and no more', doing the exclusive work of English 'only'.
From: Creating Life from Nothing →OpenArabic teaches words like فقط through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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