Arabic vocabulary
تَكَلَّمْspeak in Arabic
تَكَلَّمْ is how you say “speak” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
لَمْ يَتَكَلَّمْ فِي الْمَهْدِ إِلَّا ثَلَاثَةٌ عِيسَى،
No one spoke in the cradle except three, Jesus,
يَتَكَلَّمْ — speak. A present-form verb forced into the clipped jussive shape by the negation-particle before it, reading as a past 'spoke'. The trimmed ending is the visible sign of that particle's grip; together they mean 'did not speak'.
From: Those Who Spoke in the Cradle →
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