فَجَعَلْتُso I became

Example sentences

• فَجَعَلْتُ أَهَابَهُ،

  So I grew afraid of him.

  فَجَعَلْتُ — so I became. A chaining fa- ('and so') plus a past verb 'I set about / began', with '-tu' marking 'I'. This 'began' verb is an opener that leans on the next word to supply the action it began.

  From: Umar and the Prophet's Wives →

• فَجَعَلْتُ مِنَ الْاِسْتِعْدَادِ لِلِّقَائِهِمْ قِطَعَاتِ الْوَرَقِ، وَبُرِّيِ الْأَقْلَامِ، وَأَحْزِمَةَ الدَّفَاتِرِ؛

  So I made from the preparation for meeting them readying sheets of paper, sharpening the pens, and bundling the notebooks;

  فَجَعَلْتُ — so I made. This token fuses fa- ('so') with a past-tense verb carrying the -tu 'I' ending. The fa- marks the result of the previous thought, 'so I...', and the verb means 'made/assigned'. The -tu pins the speaker as the one who did it.

  From: A Life of Reading and Writing →