تَكَلَّمَ speak in Arabic
تَكَلَّمَ is how you say “speak” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
فإن تكلم لم يتكلم بما يجرح صومه،
If he speaks, he does not speak with what harms his fast,
تَكَلَّمَ he speaks
A past-tense reflexive-shape verb 'spoke', subject inside, the verb of the condition (Arabic uses the past form inside such 'if' clauses for a general truth). The shape marks speech as something one does of oneself.
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ولكن هو لم يجره ولم تجر به العادة ولا هو مما تكلم الناس فيه نفيًا أو إثباتًا
But it has not occurred, nor is it customary, and it is not something people have discussed, either in negation or affirmation.
تَكَلَّمَ people have discussed
This is a completed-action verb 'he spoke/discussed', built on a doubling pattern framing engaged speech, its subject named next. It opens the relative clause 'that people discussed', defining the set the matter is denied membership in.
فمن أنكر أن يكون الله قد تكلم بالقرآن فقد أنكر حقيقة الرسالة
So whoever denies that Allah spoke the Quran has denied the essence of the message.
تَكَلَّمَ he spoke
Past-tense 'he spoke', on a reflexive speech pattern, subject 'he' built in. With the certainty particle before it, the phrase asserts that God truly did speak.
والثاني أنه تكلم به حقيقة لقوله ﴿مِنْ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ﴾
The second is that He truly spoke it because He said: 'From the Lord of the worlds.'
تَكَلَّمَ he spoke
Past-tense 'he spoke', on a reflexive speech pattern, subject 'He' built in. It asserts that God actually performed the act of speaking.
فتكلم بالحكمة،
so he spoke with wisdom,
تَكَلَّمَ he spoke
This past-tense verb has its 'he' subject built in and reports the result, 'he spoke'. Its internal doubling marks the deliberate, sustained kind of speaking.