جَالِسٌsitting in Arabic

Example sentences

• فَبَيْنَمَا أَنَا عِنْدَهُ جَالِسٌ إِذْ دَقَّ دَاقُ الْبَابِ

  While I was sitting with him, there came a knock at the door.

  جَالِسٌ — sitting. An active participle 'sitting', a verb-like describing word used to state the speaker's ongoing condition. It paints the continuous background state, 'I was sitting', without a separate past-tense verb.

  From: Wealth and Knowledge on Trial →

• فَإِذَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ عَلَى بِئْرِ أَرِيسِ،

  Then when he was sitting by the well of Aris.

  جَالِسٌ — sitting. A 'doer' adjective (active participle) describing an ongoing state, 'sitting', rather than a past event - it pictures him in the act. Arabic uses this participle form to freeze the scene as a state.

  From: Three Companions Promised Paradise →