Arabic vocabulary
How to say “person” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
وَجُهِّلَ الإِنْسَانُ بِحُقُوقِ الْمُنْعِمِ مِنْ أَخْسِ صِفَاتِهِ،
A person's ignorance of the rights of the benefactor is among his most despicable traits.
الإِنْسَانُ — the person. This noun carries al- 'the', used generically for any human, and stands as the one the passive verb is about, the one made ignorant. Because the verb is passive, this is the receiver of that state rather than a doer. So 'the human being' here is the subject only in the sense of who undergoes the ignorance.
From: Honoring Parents →وَالْثَّانِيُ أَنَّ حَالَةً سَمَاعِ الْمَوَاعِظِ يَكُونُ الإِنْسَانُ فِيهَا مَزَاحَ الْعِلَّةِ،
Second: that when a person is in the state of listening to admonitions, he is relieved of the impediment.
الإِنْسَانُ — the person. This definite human noun wears 'the' and is the subject of the copula, the one whose state is described. The verb came before it, as Arabic often allows.
From: Guarding the Heart from Heedlessness →OpenArabic teaches words like إِنْسَانُ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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