يَنْبَغِي should in Arabic
يَنْبَغِي is how you say “should” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
وَلا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُدَالَّ الْهَوَى عَلَيْهِ
And desire should not prevail over it.
يَنْبَغِي it should
Present-tense verb, subject 'it' built in — 'it is fitting/should'.
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وَيَنْبَغِي لِلْعَاقِلِ أَنْ يَتَمَرَّنَ عَلَى دَفْعِ الْهَوَى الْمَأْمُونِ الْعَوَاقِبِ
The rational person should train himself to resist even desire whose consequences are safe.
وَيَنْبَغِي and it should
An impersonal verb, 'it is fitting that...'. Like 'must' earlier, Arabic states 'one ought' with a subjectless verb rather than a modal; 'and' links it on.
ولكن ضلال من لم يدر ما جاءت به الرسل كما ينبغي بالحكمة شر ممن يدري،
But the misguidance of one who does not know what the messengers brought, as he should through wisdom, is worse than that of one who knows.
يَنْبَغِي ought to
This verb is impersonal: it only ever appears in this 'it is fitting / one ought' shape, with no real personal subject behind it. It states a duty or appropriateness in the abstract. English reaches for 'should' or 'ought to'; Arabic carries that whole idea inside this one fixed verb.
قال العطار لأنك وضعت الدواء في عينه، وكان ينبغي أن تجعله في فمه
The herbalist said, 'Because you put the medicine in its eye, and you were supposed to put it in its mouth.'
يَنْبَغِي supposed to
A present-tense verb, 'ought / is fitting', completing the 'it was fitting' frame. It is an impersonal verb that takes a 'that...' clause as its real subject, naming the proper action.
فقال البائع أنت أحمق، كان ينبغي أن تحمله مقلوبًا وأنت تسير على رأسك حتى لا يسيل
The seller said: You are foolish; you should have carried it upside down while walking on your head so it wouldn't spill!
يَنْبَغِي ought to
A present-tense verb 'ought / is proper', the predicate of the 'was' frame; together they express an unfulfilled obligation, 'it would have been proper that...'.
وتلك الحكايات ينبغي أن تدخل في ترجمة الحسن لا في ترجمة هشام،
Those stories should be included in the biography of al-Hasan, not in the biography of Hisham.
يَنْبَغِي it ought
A present-tense verb meaning 'it ought / is fitting', an impersonal 'it', that sets up a 'that...' clause naming what ought to happen. Arabic expresses 'should' with this verb plus a following subjunctive action.
فينبغي الاقتصار على الموافق الشهي بلا إكثار منه
So, one should limit themselves to agreeable, delightful food, without excess.
يَنْبَغِي it is necessary
A present-tense verb meaning 'it is fitting/one ought', used impersonally; the thing that ought to be done is named by the noun that follows as its subject. It frames the rest as advice.
وينبغي أن يصلح حاره ببارده،
And its hotness should be balanced with its coldness.
يَنْبَغِي it should
This verb expresses obligation or fittingness, 'it ought to be done', and it sets up a following clause naming what ought to happen. It works impersonally here, much as English 'one should' has no real personal subject, and it pairs with the 'that' word coming next to deliver its complement.
فَيَنْبَغِي لِلْعَالَمِ أَنْ يَتَوَفَّرَ عَلَى التَّصَانِيفِ إِنْ وَفَّقَ لِلْتَّصْنِيفِ الْمُفِيدِ
Therefore, it is incumbent upon the scholar to devote himself to written works if he is granted success in producing a useful work.
فَيَنْبَغِي so it is incumbent
This bolts a result-connector 'so/therefore' onto an impersonal obligation verb, the kind that means 'it is fitting / one ought'. The connector draws the conclusion from the foregoing argument, and the verb has no personal subject — the duty is stated generally, with the person owing it named by the preposition that follows.