Arabic vocabulary
حَاضِرَةٌ is how you say “present” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
اعْلَمْ أَنَّ مُطْلَقَ الْهَوَى يَدْعُو إِلَى اللَّذَّةِ الْحَاضِرَةِ مِنْ غَيْرِ فِكْرٍ فِي عَاقِبَةٍ
Know that unchecked desire calls towards immediate pleasure without considering the consequences.
الْحَاضِرَةِ — immediate. An adjective trailing its noun — Arabic puts describers after the thing described — and copying that noun on three fronts at once: its 'the', its feminine gender, and its genitive ending.
From: The Discipline of Foresight →OpenArabic teaches words like حَاضِرَةٌ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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