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جَعَلَتْ she began in Arabic

جَعَلَتْ is how you say “she began” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

فَجَعَلَتْ أَنْ تَقُولَ مَتَى تَصْدِيقًا لِمَا أَتَى مِنَ الْوَعْدِ يَا فَتًى،

So she began to say, "When will there be confirmation of what has come of the promise, O young man?"

فَجَعَلَتْ so she began

The fa- here is a consequence link, 'so', pivoting from the previous event into her reaction. The verb is a completed past act of beginning, and it belongs to a small set of 'set about doing' verbs that lead straight into another verb describing what she started.

From On Birth and Its Timing

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More example sentences

فَجَعَلَتْ الْقَبَائِلُ تَمُرُّ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

So the tribes began to pass by with the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace.

فَجَعَلَتْ so they began

The prefix fa- ('so') is welded to a past verb 'began', and the '-at' ending marks a feminine subject, agreeing with 'the tribes' that follows. The verb 'began' here sets up an ongoing action completed by the next verb, 'began to pass'.

From Conquest of Mecca Account

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