Arabic vocabulary
تَذَكُّر is how you say “remember” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
ووقتُ الفائتة يكون بتذكّرها،
The time for a missed prayer is when it is remembered.
بِتَذَكُّرِهَا — when it is remembered. The 'bi-' here marks what the time consists in — 'by the remembering of it,' an action-noun on the effortful 'recall' pattern, with 'it' (the prayer) attached. The missed prayer's time simply is the moment it comes back to mind.
From: When Earth Replaces Water →ووقتُ الفائتةِ يثبتُ بتذكّرِها؛
The time for a missed prayer is established upon remembering it.
بِتَذَكُّرِهَا — upon remembering it. The 'bi-' marks what the time is fixed BY — 'by the remembering of it,' an action-noun on the effortful 'recall' pattern, with 'it' (the prayer) attached. The missed prayer's time simply is the moment it comes back to mind.
From: Purification Without Water →OpenArabic teaches words like تَذَكُّر through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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