فَقَالُواso they said

Example sentences

• وَوَصَفَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ النُّسَّاكِ عِنْدَ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ ابْنِ عَائِشَةِ فَقَالُوا هُوَ جِدٌّ كُلُّهُ،

  They described a man among the ascetics to Ubayd Allah ibn Aisha, and they said, "He is all seriousness."

  فَقَالُوا — so they said. Front fa- chains this onto the prior clause with a 'and so' sense; the verb ends in -u marking a plural 'they' subject built into its shape. So connector, action, and the group of doers all ride in one word, and it opens the speech that follows.

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• فَقَالُوا هَاتِ الَّذِي أَتَيْتَنَا بِهِ الْبَارِحَةَ

  And they said, "Bring what you brought to us last night."

  فَقَالُوا — so they said. The sequence-connector 'so/then' is fused to a past-tense verb for 'they', carrying the narration to their renewed demand. It chains this speech onto the previous cries. The plural 'they' doer is built into the verb shape.

  From: A Spy in the Enemy Camp →