Arabic vocabulary
فَتَارَةً is how you say “sometimes” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
فَتَارَةً لَهُ وَتَارَةً عَلَيْهِ
Sometimes it is in his favor, and sometimes it is against him.
فَتَارَةً — sometimes. The 'fa-' on the front links this back to what came before and adds a 'so/then' nudge; the noun itself works as a time-adverb meaning 'at one time'. Together with its later twin it sets up a 'sometimes... other times...' contrast frame.
From: Staying Firm in Faith →OpenArabic teaches words like فَتَارَةً through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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